1. verb /əˈdæpt/
They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.
b) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust: as, to adapt a story or a foreign play for the stage; to adapt an old machine to a new manufacture.
See Also: adaptational, adaptatively, adaptativeness, adaptedness, adaptability, adaptableness, adaptably, adaptional, adaptive, adaptively, adaptiveness, adaptorial
2. adjective /əˈdæpt/
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