Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adapt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adapt \A*dapt"\, a.
Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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: {accommodate}]
2: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We
must adjust to the bad economic situation" [syn: {adjust},
{conform}]
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