adjust

t. [Sp. ajustar; Fr. a juster; Ital. aggiustare to adjust: Lat. ad to; just us just.] [JUST.] 1. To fit, to adapt to, mechanically or otherwise. "A striding level is furnished with the [transit] instrument, to be used when required for adjusting the axis."-Chambers: Astron ., bk. vii., p. 652. 2. To regulate, to dispose. the representative system was adjusted to the altered state of the country."-Macaulay: Hist Eng., ch. xiv. 3. To arrange, as the terms of a treaty, by mutual negotiation. the terms of the treaty known as the Second Treaty of Partition were very nearly adjusted ." -Macaulay Hist . Eng ., ch. xxiv. 4. To put on properly, as dre , arms, or the like. (Also used reflex.)