adapt

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ADAPT' verb transitive [Latin ad. and apto, to fit; Gr.] To make suitable; to fit or suit; as, to adapt an instrument to its uses; we have provision adapted to our wants. It is applied to things material or immaterial.
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