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a·dept (ə-děpt') adj. Very skilled. See Synonyms at proficient. n. (ād'ěpt') A highly skilled person; an expert: "The adepts in Washington mean to give rather than to take" (Lewis H. Lapham). [Latin adeptus, past participle of adipīscī, to attain : ad-, ad- + apīscī, to grasp.] a·dept'ly adv., a·dept'ness n. |
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Adept
A*dept"\, a. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. Beaus adept in everything profound. --Cowper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : adept
Spanish:
experto, diestro,
German:
geschickt,
Japanese:
熟達した
adept
1663 (n.), 1691 (adj.), from L. adeptus "having reached, attained," pp. of adipisci "to attain to, acquire," from ad- "to" + apisci "grasp, attain," related to aptus "fitted" (see apt). Noun meaning "one who is skilled in the secrets of anything" is from a M.L. use in alchemy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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