Adapting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           For nature, always in the right,
           To your decays adapts my sight.          --Swift.
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           Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. --Angus.
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           Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy
           persons.                                 --Macaulay.
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