ADAPTED

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


Verb

adapted

simple past tense and past participle of adapt

Adjective

adapted (comparative more adapted, superlative most adapted)

Having been subject to an alteration or change to fit a different circumstance or medium.

Anagrams

• de-adapt, deadapt

Source: Wiktionary


ADAPT

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



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MODEST

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