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Adapt
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Fitted; suited. [Obs.] Swift.