adapted, altered
(adjective) changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose; “seeds precisely adapted to the area”; “instructions altered to suit the children’s different ages”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
adapted
simple past tense and past participle of adapt
adapted (comparative more adapted, superlative most adapted)
Having been subject to an alteration or change to fit a different circumstance or medium.
• de-adapt, deadapt
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
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
