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a·dapt

(ə-dăpt′)

v. a·dapt·ed, a·dapt·ing, a·dapts

v.tr.

1. To make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation: adapted the novel into a movie; adapted the company policy to take internet use into account.

2. To cause to be able to survive and reproduce under certain conditions. Used in the passive: "Every species is adapted to a rather restricted selection of properties of the environment" (Ernst Mayr).

v.intr.

To become adapted: a species that has adapted to a low-oxygen environment.

[Middle English adapten, from Latin adaptāre : ad-, ad- + aptāre, to fit (from aptus, fitting; see apt).]

a·dapt′ed·ness n.

Synonyms: adapt , accommodate , adjust , conform , fit¹
These verbs mean to make suitable to or consistent with a particular situation or use: adapted themselves to city life; can't accommodate myself to the new requirements; adjusting their behavior to the rules; conforming my life to accord with my moral principles; fitting the punishment to the crime.

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adaptedness

(əˈdæptɪdnəs)

1. suitability

2. the state of having been adapted

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