ADAPT

adjust, conform, adapt

(verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; “We must adjust to the bad economic situation”

adapt, accommodate

(verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; “Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

adapt (third-person singular simple present adapts, present participle adapting, simple past and past participle adapted)

(transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit

Synonym: proportion

(transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust

(transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character

(intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

Adjective

adapt (comparative more adapt, superlative most adapt)

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

Anagrams

• APDTA

Source: Wiktionary

A*dapt", a.

Definition: Fitted; suited. [Obs.] Swift.

A*dapt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adapted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adapting.] Etym: [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F. adapter. See Apt, Adept.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition