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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADAPT' v.t. [L. ad. and apto, to fit; Gr.]
To make suitable; to fit or suit; as, to adapt an instrument to its uses; we have provision adapted to our wants. It is applied to things material or immaterial.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: French or Latin; French adapter, from Latin adaptare, from ad- + aptare to fit, from aptus apt, fit Date: 15th century transitive verb to make fit (as for a specific or new use or situation) often by modification intransitive verb to become adapted • adaptedness noun Synonyms: adapt, adjust, accommodate, conform, reconcile mean to bring one thing into correspondence with another. adapt implies a modification according to changing circumstances <adapted themselves to the warmer climate>. adjust suggests bringing into a close and exact correspondence or harmony such as exists between parts of a mechanism <adjusted the budget to allow for inflation>. accommodate may suggest yielding or compromising to effect a correspondence <accommodated his political beliefs in order to win>. conform applies to bringing into accordance with a pattern, example, or principle <refused to conform to society's values>. reconcile implies the demonstration of the underlying compatibility of things that seem to be incompatible <tried to reconcile what he said with what I knew>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. a (foll. by to) fit, adjust (one thing to another). b (foll. by to, for) make suitable for a purpose. c alter or modify (esp. a text). d arrange for broadcasting etc. 2 intr. & refl. (usu. foll. by to) become adjusted to new conditions. Derivatives: adaptive adj. adaptively adv. Etymology: F adapter f. L adaptare (as AD-, aptare f. aptus fit)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Adapt A*dapt", a. Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts my sight. --Swift. Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. --Angus. Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. --Macaulay.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(adapts, adapting, adapted) 1. If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully. The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change... They have had to adapt themselves to a war economy. = adjust VERB: V to n, V pron-refl to n, also V 2. If you adapt something, you change it to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation. Shelves were built to adapt the library for use as an office. = modify VERB: V n, also V n to n 3. If you adapt a book or play, you change it so that it can be made into a film or a television programme. The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen... The film has been adapted from a play of the same title. VERB: V n, V n 4. see also adapted

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Adjust, accommodate, suit, proportion, qualify, prepare, fit, temper, fashion, match, make, conform, make conformable or suitable.

Moby Thesaurus

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