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Verb: adapt  u'dapt
  1. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
    "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country";
    - accommodate
     
  2. Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
    "We must adapt to the bad economic situation";
    - adjust, conform

Derived forms: adapts, adapting, adapted

Type of: alter, change, get used to, vary

Encyclopedia: Adapt