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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adjust \Ad*just"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjusted}; p. pr & vb
n. {Adjusting}.] [OF. ajuster ajoster (whence F. ajouter to
add), LL adjuxtare to fit fr L. ad + juxta near confused
later with L. ad and justus just right whence F. ajuster to
adjust See {Just}, v. t. and cf {Adjute}.]
1. To make exact; to fit to make correspondent or
conformable; to bring into proper relations; as to adjust
a garment to the body, or things to a standard.
2. To put in order to regulate, or reduce to system.
Adjusting the orthography. --Johnson.
3. To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that
parties are agreed in the result; as to adjust accounts;
the differences are adjusted.
4. To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an
instrument; to regulate for use as to adjust a telescope
or microscope.
Syn: To adapt; suit; arrange; regulate; accommodate; set
right rectify; settle.
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