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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aptitude \Apt"i*tude\, n. [F. aptitude, LL aptitudo fr L.
aptus. See {Apt}, and cf {Attitude}.]
1. A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a
particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or
effect; as oil has an aptitude to burn.
He seems to have had a peculiar aptitude for the
management of irregular troops. --Macaulay.
2. A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.
That sociable and helpful aptitude which God
implanted between man and woman. --Milton.
3. Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.
He was a boy of remarkable aptitude. --Macaulay.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
aptitude
n : inherent ability [ant: {inaptitude}]
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