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Adapt

Adapt Meaning & Definition
Adapt Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adapt?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Adapt: accommodate | adjust | conform

Related Terms | Find terms related to Adapt: 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 | change | chime in with | comply | comply with | compose | condition | confirm | conform | convert | coordinate | correct | correspond | cut to | deform | denature | discipline | diversify | domesticate | domesticize | enable | equalize | equip | establish | fall in with | familiarize | fashion | fit | fix | follow | furnish | gear to | gentle | go by | habituate | harden | harmonize | homologate | homologize | housebreak | improve | instrument | instrumentate | inure | key to | make an adaptation | make conform | make plumb | make uniform | measure | meet | meliorate | melodize | mitigate | modify | modulate | mold | musicalize | mutate | naturalize | observe | orchestrate | orient | orient the map | orientate | overthrow | proportion | put in trim | put in tune | put to music | quadrate | qualify | realign | rebuild | reconcile | reconstruct | re-create | rectify | redesign | refit | reform | regulate | remake | remodel | renew | reshape | restructure | revamp | revive | right | ring the changes | rub off corners | score | season | set | set right | set to music | settle | shape | shift the scene | shuffle the cards | similarize | square | straighten | subvert | suit | sync | synchronize | tailor | tally with | tame | temper | train | transcribe | transpose | trim to | true | true up | tune | turn the scale | turn the tables | turn the tide | turn upside down | vary | wont | work a change | worsen | write | yield

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

Adapt In Webster's Dictionary

\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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