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5 definitions found 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]: ADAPTA 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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