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adapt
- /əˈdæpt/
Rhymes with -æpt
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ptós
Proto-Italic *aptos
Latin aptus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der.
Proto-Italic *apjō
Latin apiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
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Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin aptō
Latin adaptōder.
Middle English *adapten
English adapt
From Middle English *adapten (attested in Middle English adapted (past participle)), from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt.
verb adapts · adapting · adapted
- To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
- To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust. to adapt a story for the stage
- To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character. to bring out a play adapted from the French
- To make oneself comfortable to a new thing. They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.
adjective more adapt · most adapt
- Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt. This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.
