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Webster 1913 Edition
Adapt
A-dapt′
,Adj.
Fitted; suited.
[Obs.]
Swift.
A-dapt′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Adapted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Adapting
.] 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
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adapt
ADAPT'
v.t. [L. ad. and apto, to fit; Gr.]To make suitable; to fit or suit; as, to adapt an instrument to its uses; we have provision adapted to our wants. It is applied to things material or immaterial.