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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adapt \A*dapt"\, a.
Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adapt \A*dapt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adapted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Adapting}.] [L. adaptare ad + aptare to fit cf F.
adapter. See {Apt}, {Adept}.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
adapt
v 1: make fit or tailor something to something "Words
accommodate their meanings to other words in the same
sentence" [syn: {accommodate}]
2: rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different
purpose; "adapt a play for use in schools" [syn: {rewrite}]
3: adapt or conform oneself; "We must adjust to the bad
economic situation" [syn: {adjust}, {conform}]
4: rewrite a piece of music for an instrument or medium other
than that originally intended; arrange [syn: {transcribe}]
5: take up the cause or ideology of (beliefs, tasks, etc.)
[syn: {espouse}, {embrace}, {sweep up}]
6: get accustomed or used (to something); "We never adapted to
life in the U.S." [syn: {adjust}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
ADAPT
A subset of {APT}.
[Sammet 1969, p. 606].
(1995-02-14)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
ADAPT
Architecture Design, Analysis, and Planning Tool
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