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Adapt

//əˈdæpt// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.

    "This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit. transitive
  2. 2
    adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions wordnet
  3. 3
    To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust. transitive

    "to adapt a story for the stage"

  4. 4
    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose wordnet
  5. 5
    To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character. transitive

    "to bring out a play adapted from the French"

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  1. 6
    To make oneself comfortable to a new thing. intransitive

    "They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English *adapten (attested in Middle English adapted (past participle)), from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *adapten (attested in Middle English adapted (past participle)), from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt.

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