adapt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adapt	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for adapt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adapt v make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" Synonym(s): adapt, accommodate adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" Synonym(s): adjust, conform, adapt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adapt \A*dapt"\, a. Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adapt \A*dapt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adapted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adapting}.] [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F. adapter. See {Apt}, {Adept}.] 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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ADAPT A subset of {APT}. [Sammet 1969, p. 606]. (1995-02-14)