Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Adapt \A*dapt"\, a.
   Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift.

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 : WordNet®

adapt
     v 1: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our
          native cuisine to the available food resources of the
          new country" [syn: {accommodate}]
     2: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We
        must adjust to the bad economic situation" [syn: {adjust},
         {conform}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

ADAPT
     
         A subset of {APT}.
     
        [Sammet 1969, p. 606].
     
        (1995-02-14)