The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Adaptive \A*dapt"ive\, a. Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting. --Coleridge. -- A*dapt"ive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
adaptive adj 1: having a capacity for adaptation; "the adaptive coloring of a chameleon" [syn: adaptive, adaptative] [ant: maladaptive]