Other Adapt Definition
[v] adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
[v] make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
See Also...
acclimate, acclimatise, acclimatize, alter, anglicise, anglicize, assimilate, change, cultivate, domesticate, electrify, fit, focalise, focalize, focus, gear, match, naturalise, naturalize, obey, pitch, readapt, readjust, shoehorn, square, tailor, tame, transcribe, vary, wire
Related Terms
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, accustom, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, agree with, alter, ameliorate, arrange, assimilate, assimilate to, attune, be guided by, bend, better, break, break in, break up, capacitate, case harden
Misc. Definitions
\A*dapt"\, a. Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift.
\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.
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