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adapt

adapt \*-'dapt\ vb [F or L; F adapter, fr. L adaptare, fr. ad- + aptare to] 
   fit, fr. aptus apt, fit : to make fit (as for a specific or new use or 
   situation) often by modifying : to become adapted NCILE mean to bring one 
   into correspondence with another. ADAPT implies a suiting or fitting by 
   modification and sometimes connotes pliability or readiness; ADJUST implies 
   a bringing into exact or close correspondence often by use of tact or 
   ingenuity; ACCOMMODATE implies a reaching of a state of adjustment or 
   adaptation by yielding or giving in a necessary degree or amount; CONFORM 
   implies a bringing into accord with a pattern, example, or principle; 
   RECONCILE implies the demonstrating of the consistency or congruity of 
   things that seem to be incompatible SYN syn ADAPT, ADJUST, ACCOMMODATE, 
   CONFORM, RECO