Adapt \A*dapt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adapted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adapting.]

[L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F. adapter. See Apt, Adept.]

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.

For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts my sight. --Swift.

Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. --Angus.

Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. --Macaulay.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)