ADAPT

a. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Fitted; suited. [Obs.] Swift.

2.
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.