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Definitions of adapt

1. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. Fitted; suited. Webster Dictionary DB

4. 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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

11. To fit; to make to suit. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

12. 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. mso.anu.edu.au

13. A subset of APT.[Sammet 1969, p. 606]. foldoc_fs

14. 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. dictgcide_fs

15. ad-apt', v.t. to make apt or fit: to accommodate (with to or for).--ns. ADAPTABIL'ITY, ADAPT'ABLENESS.--adj. ADAPT'ABLE, that may be adapted.--n. ADAPT[=A]'TION, the act of making suitable: fitness: (biol.) the process of advantageous variation and progressive modification by which organisms are adjusted to the conditions of their life--the perfected result of adaptation being a life in harmony with the environment. [Fr.--L. adapt[=a]re--ad, to, and apt[=a]re, to fit.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683

16. Fit (a thing to another); make suitable (to or for a purpose). Hence or cogn. adaptability, adaptation, nn., adaptable, adaptive, aa. [French] Concise Oxford Dictionary