[syn: adjust, conform, adapt]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Adapt \A*dapt"\, a.
Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Adapt \A*dapt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adapted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Adapting.] [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F.
adapter. See Apt, Adept.]
To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as
to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for.
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For nature, always in the right,
To your decays adapts my sight. --Swift.
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Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. --Angus.
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Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy
persons. --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
adapt
v 1: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our
native cuisine to the available food resources of the new
country" [syn: adapt, accommodate]
2: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We
must adjust to the bad economic situation" [syn: adjust,
conform, adapt]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
ADAPT
A subset of APT.
[Sammet 1969, p. 606].
(1995-02-14)