adapt

t. [In Fr. adapter: Sp. adaptar; Ital. adattare: Lat. ad to; apto = to fit: Gr. ἅπτω ( haptō ) = to fasten, or bind to.] fit to, to adjust to, to make suitable for. ( Used either of things material or immaterial.) To "Ships adapted both for war and for trade were required."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xxiv. "Can portion out his pleasure and adapt His round of pastoral duties." Words worth: Excursion, bk. iv.