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adapted

Adapt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adapted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adapting.] — Webster enters it under “adapt”

Etymology: [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.

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Adapt, a.

Fitted; suited. [Obs.] Swift.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for adapted; he lists it under adequate.

Where he writes about it:

Adapted, fit, suitable, and qualified refer to the qualities which match or suit the occasion. — from adequate