Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adapted"

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)

adapted
adj : changed in order to improve or made more fit for a
particular purpose; "seeds precisely adapted to the
area"; "instructions altered to suit the children's
different ages" [syn: {altered}]


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