Crossword Dictionary

ADAPT

adapt, accommodate - v 
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" 

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Synonyms

acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adjust, condition, conform, doctor, edit, fashion, fit, put, shape, suit, tailor

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Examples

“In general, however, Protestant builders have been content to preserve or to adapt the traditional models.”

“That no code could do, and, as every practical government must adapt itself to actualities.”

“Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.”

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Etymology

early 15c. (implied in adapted) "to fit (something, for some purpose)," from Old French adapter (14c.), from Latin adaptare "adjust, fit to," from ad "to" (see ad-) + aptare "to join," from aptus "fitted" (see apt). Intransitive meaning "to undergo modification so as to fit new circumstances" is from 1956. Related: Adapting.

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