ADAPT

[adapt] vb [F or L; F adapter, fr. L adaptare, fr. ad- + aptare to fit, fr. aptus apt, fit] vt (15c): to make fit (as for a specific or new use or situation) often by modification ~ vi: to become adapted -- adapt.ed.ness n syn adapt, adjust, accommodate, conform, reconcile mean to bring one thing into correspondence with another. adapt implies a modification according to changing circumstances "adapted themselves to the warmer climate". adjust suggests bringing into a close and exact correspondence or harmony such as exists between parts of a mechanism "adjusted the budget to allow for inflation". accommodate may suggest yielding or compromising to effect a correspondence "accommodated his political beliefs in order to win". conform applies to bringing into accordance with a pattern, example, or principle "refused to conform to society's idea of morality". reconcile implies the demonstration of the underlying compatibility of things that seem to be incompatible "tried to reconcile what they said with what I knew".