adapt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
    accommodate.
    • Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country
  2. verb adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
    conform; adjust.
    • We must adjust to the bad economic situation

WordNet

A*dapt" adjective
Definitions
  1. Fitted; suited. Obs. Swift.
A*dapt" transitive verb
Etymology
L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F. adapter. See Apt, Adept.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Adapted; present participle & verbal noun Adapting
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913