1[transitive] to change something in order to make it suitable for a new use or situation synonym modify adapt something These styles can be adapted to suit individual tastes. adapt something for some [..]

early 15c. (implied in adapted) "to fit (something, for some purpose)," from Middle French adapter (14c.), from Latin adaptare "adjust," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + aptare [..]

to adjust to new surroundings or a new situation.

make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" adjust: adapt or conform oneself to new or differ [..]

adaptirn

Adjust to new conditions. In nature, plants and animals often have to adapt when the environment around them changes.

means to acquire an adaptation. But outside the evolutionary context, one can also speak of adaptations by individual organisms — for example, to their local environment. This is closer to the common, [..]

(v) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose(v) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

adapto, commodo, accommodo

To adjust to a specified use or situation. (Webster's II Dictionary, 1988).

(transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit; to proportion. (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust: as, to adapt a stor [..]