They have always apt instruments.
Burke.

A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb.
Jer. Taylor.

My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.
Temple.

This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
Lubbock.

Apter to give than thou wit be to ask.
Beau. *** Fl.

That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers.
F. Harrison.

Live a thousand years,
I shall not find myself so apt to die.
Shak.

I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear.
Shak.

Syn. -- Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt.

That our speech be apted to edification.
Jer. Taylor.