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Definitions of adapt

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. Webster Dictionary DB

2. To make suitable; to conform; as, to adapt oneself to conditions; remodel or fit by alteration; as, to adapt a story for the stage. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

3. To make apt or fit: to accommodate. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

4. To fit; to qualify. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

5. To make suitable; adjust; fit; conform; remodel. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

6. To make to fit; to accommodate. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

7. Fitted; suited. Webster Dictionary DB

8. Adaptable. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

Usage examples for adapt

1. Though lost to sight, however, Fannie was still a tender care in the memory of John March- if we may adapt one of his mother's gracefulest verses. – John March, Southerner by George W. Cable

2. Jews are known to adapt themselves with remarkable ease to any form of earning a livelihood, and they will quickly learn to carry on a new industry. – The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl Commentator: Louis Lipsky Alex Bein