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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, accustom, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, agree with, alter, ameliorate, arrange, assimilate, assimilate to, attune, be guided by, bend, better, break, break in, break up, capacitate, case harden, change, chime in with, comply, comply with, compose, condition, confirm, conform, convert, coordinate, correct, correspond, cut to, deform, denature, discipline, diversify, domesticate, domesticize, enable, equalize, equip, establish, fall in with, familiarize, fashion, fit, fix, follow, furnish, gear to, gentle, go by, habituate, harden, harmonize, homologate, homologize, housebreak, improve, instrument, instrumentate, inure, key to, make an adaptation, make conform, make plumb, make uniform, measure, meet, meliorate, melodize, mitigate, modify, modulate, mold, musicalize, mutate, naturalize, observe, orchestrate, orient, orient the map, orientate, overthrow, proportion, put in trim, put in tune, put to music, quadrate, qualify, re-create, realign, rebuild, reconcile, reconstruct, rectify, redesign, refit, reform, regulate, remake, remodel, renew, reshape, restructure, revamp, revive, right, ring the changes, rub off corners, score, season, set, set right, set to music, settle, shape, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, similarize, square, straighten, subvert, suit, sync, synchronize, tailor, tally with, tame, temper, train, transcribe, transpose, trim to, true, true up, tune, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, vary, wont, work a change, worsen, write, yield

Dictionary Results for adapt:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

adapt
    v 1: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our
         native cuisine to the available food resources of the new
         country" [syn: adapt, accommodate]
    2: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We
       must adjust to the bad economic situation" [syn: adjust,
       conform, adapt]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Adapt \A*dapt"\, a.
   Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Adapt \A*dapt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adapted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Adapting.] [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F.
   adapter. See Apt, Adept.]
   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.
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         For nature, always in the right,
         To your decays adapts my sight.          --Swift.
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         Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. --Angus.
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         Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy
         persons.                                 --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster] Adaptability

4. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

ADAPT
       Architecture Design, Analysis, and Planning Tool

5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

ADAPT

    A subset of APT.

   [Sammet 1969, p. 606].

   (1995-02-14)

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