different between apter vs arter

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æpt?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æpt?/

Adjective

apter

1. comparative form of apt: more apt
   • 1597 — William Shakespeare, 2 Henry IV, i 1

     Thou tremblest; and the whiteness in thy cheek
     Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand.

   • 1844 — Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rappaccini's Daughter

     Would you deign to be my instructress, I should prove an apter scholar than if taught by Signor Rappaccini himself.

Anagrams

• Peart, Petra, apert, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap

Latin

Verb

apter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of apt?

Romanian

Etymology

From French aptère

Adjective

apter m or n (feminine singular apter?, masculine plural apteri, feminine and neuter plural aptere)

1. apterous, wingless

Declension

English

Preposition

arter

1. Pronunciation spelling of after.
   • 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, chapter 3

     His right name was Compeyson; and that's the man, dear boy, what you see me a-pounding in the ditch, according to what you truly told your comrade arter I was gone last night.

   • 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, chapter 39

     It was the money left me, and the gains of the first few year wot I sent home to Mr. Jaggers - all for you - when he first come arter you, agreeable to my letter.

   • 2000, Alexander Kent, Colours Aloft!, McBooks Press, ?ISBN, page 115,

     "Is he asleep at last?"...

     "Aye, sir. So 'e should, arter what I put in 'is Madeira!"

Anagrams

• Terra, arrêt, rater, retar, tarre, terra

Danish

Noun

arter c

1. indefinite plural of art

Latin

Verb

arter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of art?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

arter m or f

1. indefinite plural of art

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• artar

Noun

arter m or f

1. indefinite feminine plural of art

Swedish

Noun

arter

1. indefinite plural of art

Anagrams

• retar