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adapt

/əˈdæpt/
verb
  1. To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit

    Similar: proportion

  2. To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust

    "to adapt a story for the stage"

  3. To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character

    "a word of an adapted form"

Synonymsproportion
adjective
  1. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

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