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<h1>Apt</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Apt</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aptare</ets>. See <er>Aptate</er>.]</ety> <def>To fit; to suit; to adapt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> " To <b>apt</b> their places."

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<blockquote>That our speech be <b>apted</b> to edification. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aptable</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Apt"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>aptabilis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>aptare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being adapted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sherwood.</i>

<h1>Aptate</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Ap"tate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aptatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>aptare</ets>. See <er>Apt</er>.]</ety> <def>To make fit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey</i>

<h1>Aptera</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Ap"te*ra</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>aptera</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ without wings; <?/ priv. + <?/ wing, <?/ to fly.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linn\'91n order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.</def>

<h1>Apteral</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Ap"ter*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Apterous.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to <i>peripteral</i>.</def>

<i>R. Cyc.</i>

<h1>Apteran</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Ap"ter*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Aptera.</def>

<h1>Apteria</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Ap*te"ri*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Aptera</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See <er>Pteryli\'91</er>.</def>

<h1>Apterous</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Ap"ter*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Destitute of wings; apteral; <as>as, <ex>apterous</ex> insects</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to <i>atate</i>.</def>

<h1>Apteryges</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Ap*ter"y*ges</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Apteryx</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.</def>

<h1>Apteryx</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Ap"te*ryx</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ wing. Cf. <er>Aptera</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.</def>

<h1>Aptitude</h1> <Xpage=75>