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adapt > define

verb

  • Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
    • usage: "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
  • Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.
    • usage: "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
  • (a.) Fitted; suited.
  • (v.t.) 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.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary