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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.
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