adapt

Meanings

Verb

  • To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit
  • To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust
  • To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character
  • To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

Adjective

Origin

  • From Middle French adapter, from Latin adaptare, from ad + aptare, from aptus; see apt.

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