adaptv.

Brit.

/əˈdapt/, U.S.

/əˈdæpt/

Forms: 1500s adapte, 1500s– adapt, 1800s– adopt (U.S. regional).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French adapter; Latin adaptāre.

Etymology: < Middle French adapter (French adapter ) to apply or adjust (something to something else) (13th cent. in Old French), to put (something) in accord (with something else) (c1300), (reflexive) to apply (oneself to something) (14th cent.), to be applied (to) (15th cent.), to adapt (oneself to something) (16th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin adaptāre to make suitable or fit (for a purpose), to modify < ad- ad- prefix + aptāre to fit (see aptate v.). Compare Old Occitan adaptar , Spanish adaptar (14th cent.), Portuguese adaptar (15th cent.), Italian adattare (14th cent.). Earlier currency is perhaps implied by adapted adj.

a. transitive. With to (also †unto), for. To make (a person or thing) suitable or fit for a purpose, or conformable to specified conditions, standards, or requirements; (now esp.) to make suitable for a new purpose or to a different context or environment.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)]

afaite?c1225

ablea1400

reducec1450

fashion1526

adapt1531

framec1537

handsome1555

accommode1567

apt?1578

square1578

fit1580

coapt1586

commodate1595

suit1595

dispose1602

adjust1611

agence1633

adaptate1638

plya1657

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] > make or select as appropriate to > make suitable

adapt1531

apt?1578

coapt1586

appropriate1594

suit1595

fit1600

dispose1602

adaptate1638

meeten1807

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. vii. sig. C.viii In this fourme may a wise and circumspecte tutor, adapte the pleasant science of musike to a necessary and laudable purpose.

1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War ii. viii. f. lviii They brought many pronostications vnto theyr memory and also aunsweres of the Goddes, that had bene made before. Whiche they adapted and compared vnto thys chaunce.

1574 E. Hake Compendious Fourme Educ. in Touchestone for Time Present sig. G5 So schoolemaysters must well adapt such thinges as they shall teache, Unto their childes capacity.

a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) xlii. 65 Adapt the discourses of thy friends unto thine owne as neere as thou canst.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue 297 Whom Nature hath so adapted for noble conuersation.

a1637 B. Jonson Timber 2521 in Wks. (1640) III He is adapted to it by Nature.

1728 J. Swift Mad Mullinix & Timothy in Intelligencer (1729) viii. 76 Observe my Counsel, (viz.) Adapt your Habit to your Phiz.

1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 2) at Seminary A Seed-Plot, which is adapted or set apart for the sowing of Seeds.

1836 Globe (Washington, D.C.) 9 Nov. As a housekeeping book adapted for the daily use of families, especially those that are neither of the richest nor the poorest class, it is..excellent.

1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church i. 5 To have adapted poetry to the preservation of their historical memorials.

1880 Westm. Rev. Apr. 535 The same play was reproduced, adapted to Victorian politics.

1904 Public Health 16 290 The process of humanization adapts the milk to the weakly infants' digestive organs.

1945 Jrnl. Soc. Dyers & Colourists 61 324/1 (table) Pigments specially adapted for printing textile fabrics.

1998 Zest Sept. 121/3 Baker has worked closely with him in adapting them to suit an exercise-class environment.

b. transitive (reflexive). To make one's actions, demeanour, or attitudes appropriate or conformable to a given situation or set of circumstances, (in later use esp.) a different or changed environment. Now also without to (cf. sense 1c).

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1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca at Alcybiades Into what countrey so euer he came, he so adapted hym selfe, to the maners therof, that he was euerye where wonderfully beloued and honored.

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xvi. iv. 578 Nor could he adapt himselfe to any but those that hee vnderstood.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. ix. 465 Having adapted himself to his humour, and by that means got into a high degree of favour with him.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 363 The wise man adapts himself to the several humours and inclinations of those he converses with.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful ii. §9. 54 The senses strongly affected in some one manner, cannot quickly change their tenor, or adapt themselves to other things.

1840 A. Strickland Lives Queens of Eng. I. 87 William Rufus..had an abundant share of world-craft, and well knew how to adapt himself to his father's humour.

1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 348/2 The artist transplanted to a foreign soil both gives and receives; he adapts himself to his changed conditions.

1929 A. W. Wheen tr. E. H. Remarque All Quiet on Western Front xii. 318 We will grow older, a few will adapt themselves, some will merely submit.

1959 W. Golding Free Fall (1961) ii. 50 He adapted himself to my position without further comment. He was elastic in such matters.

1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 120/2 He can read people and adapt himself.

2004 Outlook Mar. 17/1 The decisions I made at that time to adapt myself to the Labour-Zionist values held by my chaverim on the kibbutz.

c. To become adjusted or used to new conditions; to change one's behaviour or attitude to suit a different environment.

(a) intransitive. With to.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > adapt to circumstances [verb (intransitive)]

temporize1555

accommodate1597

localizea1631

to piece in1636

attemper1807

trim1888

adapt1910

reorient1916

adjust1924

to trim one's sails to the wind1928

to roll with the punches1956

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > adaptation > adapt [verb (intransitive)]

adapt1910

reconfigure1939

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > undergo adaptation [verb (intransitive)]

absorb1892

adapt1910

1910 ‘P. Karishka’ Straight Goods in Philos. 16 The philosopher..adapts easily to circumstances.

1936 D. Starch et al. Controlling Human Behavior 213 One adapts so readily to varying intensities.

1956 M. Bryan Intent to Kill vi. 67 In our country, the rich have no sense of responsibility. I wonder how they will adapt to the future.

1984 M. R. Katz tr. A. Herzen Who is to Blame? i. iv. 90 She adapted to the ways of new households very easily.

2010 W. Friedwald Biogr. Guide Great Jazz & Pop Singers 244/1 [Lena Horne] adapted to changing times, back in those years when it was customary for show business veterans to refer to themselves as ‘survivors’.

(b) intransitive. Without construction.

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1942 Elem. School Jrnl. Oct. 67/1 If we fail to adapt, if we fail to take advantage of opportunities, we shall surely suffer the consequences.

1962 Listener 19 July 84/1 There is an absolute lack of imagination, or failure to adapt, a refusal to face the need for change.

1974 Rotarian Dec. 41/2 Those who conceptualize the need to adapt are better able to do so.

1994 Entrepreneur Dec. 103 Instead, workers must adapt—possibly by becoming consultants or running their own businesses.

2001 F. Popcorn & A. Hanft Dict. Future 183 As our daily schedules become even more inconsistent, restaurants are finally learning to adapt.

2. transitive. To bring about, develop, or construct by a process of adaptation; (in later use) spec. to produce or construct by modifying an existing thing of the same or a similar type. Now usually with from.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > by adaptation or adapt

adapt?1532

?1532 T. Elyot in tr. Plutarch Educ. Children (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. Aii^v Good sister endeuour your selfe to adapte & forme in my lyttel neuewes inclinacion to vertue & doctrine.

1627 R. Cotton Short View Life & Raigne Henry III 28 To hasten on the time, and adapt the meanes, there are sowne certayne seditious rumours.

1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 27 He adapts a snare suitable to this enterprise.

1672 R. Burthogge Ταγαθον ii. 30 He hath adapted means (the best imaginable) to ingage and move them to it.

1681 Duke of Buckingham Poet. Refl. 5 Or was it that his Brains might next dispense To adapt himself a Royal Evidence?

1788 J. H. de Magellan tr. A. F. Cronstedt Ess. Syst. Mineral. (ed. 2) I. §164. 312 Put the whole [mixture] in an earthen retort, and adapt a balloon receiver half filled with water.

1825 G. N. Wright Hist. Guide Dublin 147 On the first circle is placed a continuous ornament, adapted from the temple of Erectheus and Minerva Polias.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 199 A kind of farm-house, adapted, I suppose, out of the old ruin.

1863 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 2 May 37/2 His constructive mind suggested to him the possibility of adapting one out of a copper basin belonging to his barber.

1907 Vet. Jrnl. Oct. 638 The author has adapted one [sc. a dressing for a horse's knee] from a first dressing for human beings that has been devised by Dr. J. Cavalier.

1931 Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer. 21 278 (heading) Modified Mercalli intensity scale of 1931. Adapted from Sieberg's Mercalli-Cancani scale, modified and condensed.

2000 K. Morse Couscous 94 I have adapted this dish from a popular Middle Eastern lentil and rice pilaf called mujjadarah.

†a. transitive. To make suitable or fitting for a particular purpose; to put into appropriate form, esp. by bringing into proper correspondence or agreement. Obsolete.

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1570 T. North tr. A. F. Doni Morall Philos. Prol. f. 1^v The Sages of auncient nations..decreed to set foorth a peece of woorke, adapted with diuers similitudes and sundrie comparisons of vnreasonable beasts & birds.

1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule (new ed.) 148 Indeede that is a pleasant and fit comparison, worthie to bee printed with a Note on the margent: It hath beene well adapted by you. Oh, that it could bee as well applyed by mee.

1643 K. Digby Observ. Religio Medici 59 Much of which manner of expression, is metaphoricall, and..adapted to containe vulgar mindes in their duties.

1654 T. Blount Acad. Eloquence Ep. Ded. sig. A4 This w^th little study, will not only facilitate your discourse into the moding language of these times, but adapt your pens too with a quaint & fluent stile.

1731 in tr. Coluthus Rape of Helen Pref. p. vi A man that has a rolling fancy, and can adapt his conceptions with pompous words and sounding epithets, is sure to carry the prize.

1741 J. Swift Some Free Thoughts upon Present State Affairs 8 in Lett. I do not know a greater Mark of an able Minister, than that of rightly adapting the several Faculties of Men.

b. transitive. To alter or amend so as to make suitable for a new use or purpose; to modify.

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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > adaptation > adapt [verb (transitive)]

tempera1000

transpose1509

adaptate1638

adapt1676

modify1800

reconfigure1939

tailor1942

1676 tr. B. Lamy Art of Speaking iv. 64 To speak exactly, we must study as well to adapt our Judgment as Tongue.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 117 It is called Anchia..it signified either fons speluncæ, or spelunca fontis, according as it was adapted.

1800 C. Lamb Let. 3 Nov. (1841) I. 49/1 In adapting the size of the letters which constitute your name and Mr. Crib's name respectively, I had an eye to your different stations in Life.

1860 Bentley's Q. Rev. Jan. 484 Mr. Scott, doubtless, could adapt a Palladian facade as well as most men.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 964/1 German-bit, a wood-boring tool adapted to be used in a brace.

1903 H. Carleton Geneal. & Family Hist. Vermont 77/2 Only a dweller of a city can appreciate and adapt the suggestions of nature in beautifying the country habitation of man.

1996 L. Al-Hafidh et al. Europe: Rough Guide (ed. 3) ii. xxvi. 1154 Towards the end of the Maria Luisa Park, the grandest surviving pavilions..have been adapted as museums.

2005 A. Cooke Visual Astron. under Dark Skies ii. 26 You may be able to design a similar unit yourself for a home-built system by adapting an old camera or video lens.

4. transitive (reflexive). Of a thing: to have or adopt a suitable form or mode of action; to be conformed appropriately to the circumstances; (now) esp. to become adjusted or modified to suit a new or changed situation or environment.

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1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 179 Each Superficies in the Articulations adapt themselves on all sides so exactly one to t'other, as 'tis possible for two Bodies, that are only contiguous, and not cohering.

1718 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher I. 241 Ask..whether he can be able to make a dark Chamber, that can be turned which way one will as readily and easily as the Eye;..yea..that can adapt itself to the various Distances of Objects.]

1737 S. Humphreys tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature (ed. 2) II. 362 The Birch-Tree will adapt itself to all Situations and Exposures.

1799 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 620 Laws must be given populo volenti; the scheme of legislation must adapt itself to the gender of the people.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Captain's Room i Cucumber readily adapts itself to all palates save those set on edge with picksomeness.

1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. i. 2 Solids differ from liquids in that they are not fluid, and do not adapt themselves to the shape of the vessel which contains them.

1941 A. C. Bouquet Compar. Relig. ix. 168 A good example is the Portuguese colony at Goa, where Mediterranean Catholicism has easily adapted itself to the needs of the Dravidians of south India.

2004 Guardian 15 Jan. (Life section) 6/5 There's also black moss, which has adapted itself to screen out harmful radiation with special pigmentation.

5. transitive. To produce an amended version of (a text); esp. (in the 19th cent.) to make a translation of (a drama written in a foreign language); (later) to alter (a literary work) to make it suitable for filming, broadcasting, or production on the stage. Frequently with for, from.In passive use often overlapping with senses 1a and 2 simultaneously (cf. quots. 1805 and 1955).

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > version of text > create version of text [verb (transitive)] > alter or adapt (text)

sophisticate1605

adapt1712

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [verb (transitive)] > dramatize

theatricalize1778

dramatize1780

adapt1793

theatralize1825

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [verb (transitive)] > adapt into film

filmize1911

cinematize1914

script1936

adapt1952

to open up1970

to open out1981

1712 J. Gardiner Pract. Expos. Beatitudes viii. 235 To adapt it [sc. the text of the Beatitudes] accordingly in the present Case, he assured the persecuted Christian, that as his Virtue, and his Sufferings for it upon Earth were great, so shall also his Reward in Heaven be.

1793 I. A. Eccles in W. Shakespeare Cymbeline 118 Mr. Garrick, or whoever adapted this play for representation, has made the Third Act to commence with this scene.

1805 J. Wild (title) Dramas adapted (from the original French) to the English stage.

1849 Athenæum 3 Nov. 1113/3 A three-act drama adapted from the French comedy.

1852 C. Reade (title) The lost husband. A drama..written and adapted from the French.

1911 (title) The concise Oxford dictionary of current English adapted by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler..from the Oxford dictionary.

1952 T. S. Eliot & G. Hoellering Film of Murder in Cathedral 7 Murder in the Cathedral is, I believe, the first contemporary verse play to be adapted to the screen.

1955 Radio Times 22 Apr. 31/2 ‘A Woman of No Importance’..Adapted for radio from the stage version.

1967 ‘J. H. Roberts’ February Plan i. iii. 92 The play today was a shosagoto, a Kabuki drama adapted from a Noh play.

1988 N. Postman Conscientious Objections 121 When the play was adapted for the movies, it required more ‘movement’ or action and the addition of at least one subplot.

1998 N.Y. Mag. 15 June 90/1 Syracuse Stage's lush musical production of The Wind in the Willows, adapted from the children's classic Kenneth Grahame.

2003 NFT Programme Booklet (National Film Theatre) July 11/1 For his extraordinary first feature Melville adapted Vercors' classic Resistance novella.

6. transitive. Biology. To modify (an organism, or part of one) through evolutionary change so that it better suits its environment or function. Usually with to, for. Cf. adapted adj. 3.

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1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 87 In social animals it [sc. natural selection] will adapt the structure of each individual for the benefit of the community.

1882 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 38 350 A terrestrial Plesiosaurian in process of undergoing those structural modifications which would adapt it for aquatic life.

1914 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 87 532 Evolution is usually supposed to have produced the extraordinary variety of forms now existing by adapting members of very different families to very different conditions of life.

1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 17 Nov. e5/1 Researchers say these proteins evolved first for their humdrum housekeeping tasks and only later were adapted to the entirely different and specialized task of building the lens.

2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True ix. 2247 Selection would have had many eons to adapt us to such a lifestyle.

7. Biology.

a. intransitive. Of an organism: to become acclimatized to environmental conditions, esp. new or changing conditions, through physiological or behavioural change. Cf. sense 1c.

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1896 Science 22 May 780/2 A and B are, let us suppose, two individuals that survive because they can and do adapt to the environment.

1962 Listener 3 May 762/1 Birds certainly adapt to the urban community, and particularly well to the suburban community.

1987 J. E. Twining Mute Swans of Atlantic Coast i. 5 Mute Swans adapt to a variety of habitats including rivers, lakes, ponds, and brackish marshes.

2008 N. Draper & C. Hodgson Adventure Sport Physiol. x. 388/1 As you adapt to altitude, catecholamine secretion is reduced.

b. intransitive. Of a variety or species of organism: to become modified through evolution to better fit the environment or an ecological niche. Frequently with to.

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1956 Sci. News-let. 12 May 302/2 Through evolution, living creatures adapt closely to their environment.

1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) iii. 66/1 They [sc. trilobites] were able to adapt to many specialized niches and were amongst the most successful life-forms of their time.

2009 Nature 20 Aug. 934/3 Environmental degradation threatens to wipe out countless species unless natural selection can help them to adapt fast enough to fend off ultimate doom.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	adapt
释义	adaptadj. Brit. /əˈdapt/, U.S. /əˈdæpt/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: adapt v.; Latin adaptāre. Etymology: < adapt v. or its etymon classical Latin adaptāre, by analogy with adjectives derived from Latin past participle stems which were identical to the verb stem, as e.g. content adj.², distract adj., erect adj.; perhaps compare also adept adj. The past participle of classical Latin adaptāre is in fact adaptātus. Compare post-classical Latin adaptus (7th cent.; rare).Similar motivation may have determined the earlier formations adaption n., adaptly adv., adaptness n.; compare also adapted adj. Compare also later adaptive adj. and perhaps also adaptitude n. rare after 18th cent. Well adapted or suited; suitable, fit. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] goodeOE rightOE queemlOE belonglOE behovingc1175 limplyc1200 tidefula1300 avenantc1300 mackc1330 worthy1340 hemea1350 convenientc1374 seemlya1375 shapelyc1374 ablea1382 cordant1382 meetc1385 accordable1386 accordinga1387 appurtenantc1386 pertinentc1390 accordanta1393 likea1393 setea1400 throa1400 agreeablec1425 habilec1425 suitly1426 competentc1430 suiting1431 fitc1440 proportionablec1443 justc1450 congruent?a1475 cordinga1475 congruec1475 afferant1480 belonging1483 cordable1485 hovable1508 attainanta1513 accommodate1525 agreeing1533 respondent1533 opportunate?1541 appropriate1544 commode1549 familiar1553 apt1563 pliant1565 liable1570 sortly1570 competible1586 sortable1586 fitty1589 accommodable1592 congruable1603 affining1606 feated1606 suity1607 reputable1611 suited1613 idoneousa1615 matchable1614 suitablea1616 congruous1631 fitten1642 responsal1647 appropriated1651 adapt1658 mack-like1672 squared1698 homogeneous1708 applicable1711 unforeign1718 fitted1736 congenial1738 assorted1790 accommodatable1874 OK1925 1658 T. Long Exercitation Frequent Use Lords Prayer 159 None can be more adapt and fit then the Penmen of the Holy Scriptures. 1691 Bragadocio iv. ii. 52 Flush..the words are a design'd Bombast, which is the most natural and expressive way to described the lumbring confusion of a Frolick. Sir Cred.—Very adapt indeed. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ix. 172 This Definition of Happiness..will be acknowledged wonderfully adapt. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 369 Nothing could have fallen out more exquisitely adapt to Mr. North's desires. 1765 T. Allen Main Point 46 The history of the nature and situation, the trials and conquests of faith, in the sacred book, are most adapt to every one of us. 1908 Chem. Engin. Jan. 38/1 This process of regeneration of air..is, apart from its usefulness for hospitals, public rooms, work in mines, etc., very adapt for application in cold storage rooms. 2002 A. A. Bleimann Spear & Crag vii. 43 As he grew into a young man, he became bolder and very adapt to the hard terrain and mountainous regions where they lived. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). adaptv. Brit. /əˈdapt/, U.S. /əˈdæpt/ Forms: 1500s adapte, 1500s– adapt, 1800s– adopt (U.S. regional). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French adapter; Latin adaptāre. Etymology: < Middle French adapter (French adapter ) to apply or adjust (something to something else) (13th cent. in Old French), to put (something) in accord (with something else) (c1300), (reflexive) to apply (oneself to something) (14th cent.), to be applied (to) (15th cent.), to adapt (oneself to something) (16th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin adaptāre to make suitable or fit (for a purpose), to modify < ad- ad- prefix + aptāre to fit (see aptate v.). Compare Old Occitan adaptar , Spanish adaptar (14th cent.), Portuguese adaptar (15th cent.), Italian adattare (14th cent.). Earlier currency is perhaps implied by adapted adj. 1. a. transitive. With to (also †unto), for. To make (a person or thing) suitable or fit for a purpose, or conformable to specified conditions, standards, or requirements; (now esp.) to make suitable for a new purpose or to a different context or environment. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > adapt or adjust [verb (transitive)] afaite?c1225 ablea1400 reducec1450 fashion1526 adapt1531 framec1537 handsome1555 accommode1567 apt?1578 square1578 fit1580 coapt1586 commodate1595 suit1595 dispose1602 adjust1611 agence1633 adaptate1638 plya1657 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] > make or select as appropriate to > make suitable adapt1531 apt?1578 coapt1586 appropriate1594 suit1595 fit1600 dispose1602 adaptate1638 meeten1807 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. vii. sig. C.viii In this fourme may a wise and circumspecte tutor, adapte the pleasant science of musike to a necessary and laudable purpose. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War ii. viii. f. lviii They brought many pronostications vnto theyr memory and also aunsweres of the Goddes, that had bene made before. Whiche they adapted and compared vnto thys chaunce. 1574 E. Hake Compendious Fourme Educ. in Touchestone for Time Present sig. G5 So schoolemaysters must well adapt such thinges as they shall teache, Unto their childes capacity. a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) xlii. 65 Adapt the discourses of thy friends unto thine owne as neere as thou canst. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue 297 Whom Nature hath so adapted for noble conuersation. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 2521 in Wks. (1640) III He is adapted to it by Nature. 1728 J. Swift Mad Mullinix & Timothy in Intelligencer (1729) viii. 76 Observe my Counsel, (viz.) Adapt your Habit to your Phiz. 1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 2) at Seminary A Seed-Plot, which is adapted or set apart for the sowing of Seeds. 1836 Globe (Washington, D.C.) 9 Nov. As a housekeeping book adapted for the daily use of families, especially those that are neither of the richest nor the poorest class, it is..excellent. 1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church i. 5 To have adapted poetry to the preservation of their historical memorials. 1880 Westm. Rev. Apr. 535 The same play was reproduced, adapted to Victorian politics. 1904 Public Health 16 290 The process of humanization adapts the milk to the weakly infants' digestive organs. 1945 Jrnl. Soc. Dyers & Colourists 61 324/1 (table) Pigments specially adapted for printing textile fabrics. 1998 Zest Sept. 121/3 Baker has worked closely with him in adapting them to suit an exercise-class environment. b. transitive (reflexive). To make one's actions, demeanour, or attitudes appropriate or conformable to a given situation or set of circumstances, (in later use esp.) a different or changed environment. Now also without to (cf. sense 1c). ΚΠ 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca at Alcybiades Into what countrey so euer he came, he so adapted hym selfe, to the maners therof, that he was euerye where wonderfully beloued and honored. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xvi. iv. 578 Nor could he adapt himselfe to any but those that hee vnderstood. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. ix. 465 Having adapted himself to his humour, and by that means got into a high degree of favour with him. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 363 The wise man adapts himself to the several humours and inclinations of those he converses with. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful ii. §9. 54 The senses strongly affected in some one manner, cannot quickly change their tenor, or adapt themselves to other things. 1840 A. Strickland Lives Queens of Eng. I. 87 William Rufus..had an abundant share of world-craft, and well knew how to adapt himself to his father's humour. 1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 348/2 The artist transplanted to a foreign soil both gives and receives; he adapts himself to his changed conditions. 1929 A. W. Wheen tr. E. H. Remarque All Quiet on Western Front xii. 318 We will grow older, a few will adapt themselves, some will merely submit. 1959 W. Golding Free Fall (1961) ii. 50 He adapted himself to my position without further comment. He was elastic in such matters. 1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 120/2 He can read people and adapt himself. 2004 Outlook Mar. 17/1 The decisions I made at that time to adapt myself to the Labour-Zionist values held by my chaverim on the kibbutz. c. To become adjusted or used to new conditions; to change one's behaviour or attitude to suit a different environment. (a) intransitive. With to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > adapt to circumstances [verb (intransitive)] temporize1555 accommodate1597 localizea1631 to piece in1636 attemper1807 trim1888 adapt1910 reorient1916 adjust1924 to trim one's sails to the wind1928 to roll with the punches1956 the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > adaptation > adapt [verb (intransitive)] adapt1910 reconfigure1939 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > undergo adaptation [verb (intransitive)] absorb1892 adapt1910 1910 ‘P. Karishka’ Straight Goods in Philos. 16 The philosopher..adapts easily to circumstances. 1936 D. Starch et al. Controlling Human Behavior 213 One adapts so readily to varying intensities. 1956 M. Bryan Intent to Kill vi. 67 In our country, the rich have no sense of responsibility. I wonder how they will adapt to the future. 1984 M. R. Katz tr. A. Herzen Who is to Blame? i. iv. 90 She adapted to the ways of new households very easily. 2010 W. Friedwald Biogr. Guide Great Jazz & Pop Singers 244/1 [Lena Horne] adapted to changing times, back in those years when it was customary for show business veterans to refer to themselves as ‘survivors’. (b) intransitive. Without construction. ΚΠ 1942 Elem. School Jrnl. Oct. 67/1 If we fail to adapt, if we fail to take advantage of opportunities, we shall surely suffer the consequences. 1962 Listener 19 July 84/1 There is an absolute lack of imagination, or failure to adapt, a refusal to face the need for change. 1974 Rotarian Dec. 41/2 Those who conceptualize the need to adapt are better able to do so. 1994 Entrepreneur Dec. 103 Instead, workers must adapt—possibly by becoming consultants or running their own businesses. 2001 F. Popcorn & A. Hanft Dict. Future 183 As our daily schedules become even more inconsistent, restaurants are finally learning to adapt. 2. transitive. To bring about, develop, or construct by a process of adaptation; (in later use) spec. to produce or construct by modifying an existing thing of the same or a similar type. Now usually with from. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > by adaptation or adapt adapt?1532 ?1532 T. Elyot in tr. Plutarch Educ. Children (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. Aii^v Good sister endeuour your selfe to adapte & forme in my lyttel neuewes inclinacion to vertue & doctrine. 1627 R. Cotton Short View Life & Raigne Henry III 28 To hasten on the time, and adapt the meanes, there are sowne certayne seditious rumours. 1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 27 He adapts a snare suitable to this enterprise. 1672 R. Burthogge Ταγαθον ii. 30 He hath adapted means (the best imaginable) to ingage and move them to it. 1681 Duke of Buckingham Poet. Refl. 5 Or was it that his Brains might next dispense To adapt himself a Royal Evidence? 1788 J. H. de Magellan tr. A. F. Cronstedt Ess. Syst. Mineral. (ed. 2) I. §164. 312 Put the whole [mixture] in an earthen retort, and adapt a balloon receiver half filled with water. 1825 G. N. Wright Hist. Guide Dublin 147 On the first circle is placed a continuous ornament, adapted from the temple of Erectheus and Minerva Polias. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 199 A kind of farm-house, adapted, I suppose, out of the old ruin. 1863 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 2 May 37/2 His constructive mind suggested to him the possibility of adapting one out of a copper basin belonging to his barber. 1907 Vet. Jrnl. Oct. 638 The author has adapted one [sc. a dressing for a horse's knee] from a first dressing for human beings that has been devised by Dr. J. Cavalier. 1931 Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer. 21 278 (heading) Modified Mercalli intensity scale of 1931. Adapted from Sieberg's Mercalli-Cancani scale, modified and condensed. 2000 K. Morse Couscous 94 I have adapted this dish from a popular Middle Eastern lentil and rice pilaf called mujjadarah. 3. †a. transitive. To make suitable or fitting for a particular purpose; to put into appropriate form, esp. by bringing into proper correspondence or agreement. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1570 T. North tr. A. F. Doni Morall Philos. Prol. f. 1^v The Sages of auncient nations..decreed to set foorth a peece of woorke, adapted with diuers similitudes and sundrie comparisons of vnreasonable beasts & birds. 1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule (new ed.) 148 Indeede that is a pleasant and fit comparison, worthie to bee printed with a Note on the margent: It hath beene well adapted by you. Oh, that it could bee as well applyed by mee. 1643 K. Digby Observ. Religio Medici 59 Much of which manner of expression, is metaphoricall, and..adapted to containe vulgar mindes in their duties. 1654 T. Blount Acad. Eloquence Ep. Ded. sig. A4 This w^th little study, will not only facilitate your discourse into the moding language of these times, but adapt your pens too with a quaint & fluent stile. 1731 in tr. Coluthus Rape of Helen Pref. p. vi A man that has a rolling fancy, and can adapt his conceptions with pompous words and sounding epithets, is sure to carry the prize. 1741 J. Swift Some Free Thoughts upon Present State Affairs 8 in Lett. I do not know a greater Mark of an able Minister, than that of rightly adapting the several Faculties of Men. b. transitive. To alter or amend so as to make suitable for a new use or purpose; to modify. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > adaptation > adapt [verb (transitive)] tempera1000 transpose1509 adaptate1638 adapt1676 modify1800 reconfigure1939 tailor1942 1676 tr. B. Lamy Art of Speaking iv. 64 To speak exactly, we must study as well to adapt our Judgment as Tongue. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 117 It is called Anchia..it signified either fons speluncæ, or spelunca fontis, according as it was adapted. 1800 C. Lamb Let. 3 Nov. (1841) I. 49/1 In adapting the size of the letters which constitute your name and Mr. Crib's name respectively, I had an eye to your different stations in Life. 1860 Bentley's Q. Rev. Jan. 484 Mr. Scott, doubtless, could adapt a Palladian facade as well as most men. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 964/1 German-bit, a wood-boring tool adapted to be used in a brace. 1903 H. Carleton Geneal. & Family Hist. Vermont 77/2 Only a dweller of a city can appreciate and adapt the suggestions of nature in beautifying the country habitation of man. 1996 L. Al-Hafidh et al. Europe: Rough Guide (ed. 3) ii. xxvi. 1154 Towards the end of the Maria Luisa Park, the grandest surviving pavilions..have been adapted as museums. 2005 A. Cooke Visual Astron. under Dark Skies ii. 26 You may be able to design a similar unit yourself for a home-built system by adapting an old camera or video lens. 4. transitive (reflexive). Of a thing: to have or adopt a suitable form or mode of action; to be conformed appropriately to the circumstances; (now) esp. to become adjusted or modified to suit a new or changed situation or environment. ΚΠ 1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 179 Each Superficies in the Articulations adapt themselves on all sides so exactly one to t'other, as 'tis possible for two Bodies, that are only contiguous, and not cohering. 1718 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher I. 241 Ask..whether he can be able to make a dark Chamber, that can be turned which way one will as readily and easily as the Eye;..yea..that can adapt itself to the various Distances of Objects.] 1737 S. Humphreys tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature (ed. 2) II. 362 The Birch-Tree will adapt itself to all Situations and Exposures. 1799 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 620 Laws must be given populo volenti; the scheme of legislation must adapt itself to the gender of the people. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Captain's Room i Cucumber readily adapts itself to all palates save those set on edge with picksomeness. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. i. 2 Solids differ from liquids in that they are not fluid, and do not adapt themselves to the shape of the vessel which contains them. 1941 A. C. Bouquet Compar. Relig. ix. 168 A good example is the Portuguese colony at Goa, where Mediterranean Catholicism has easily adapted itself to the needs of the Dravidians of south India. 2004 Guardian 15 Jan. (Life section) 6/5 There's also black moss, which has adapted itself to screen out harmful radiation with special pigmentation. 5. transitive. To produce an amended version of (a text); esp. (in the 19th cent.) to make a translation of (a drama written in a foreign language); (later) to alter (a literary work) to make it suitable for filming, broadcasting, or production on the stage. Frequently with for, from.In passive use often overlapping with senses 1a and 2 simultaneously (cf. quots. 1805 and 1955). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > version of text > create version of text [verb (transitive)] > alter or adapt (text) sophisticate1605 adapt1712 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [verb (transitive)] > dramatize theatricalize1778 dramatize1780 adapt1793 theatralize1825 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [verb (transitive)] > adapt into film filmize1911 cinematize1914 script1936 adapt1952 to open up1970 to open out1981 1712 J. Gardiner Pract. Expos. Beatitudes viii. 235 To adapt it [sc. the text of the Beatitudes] accordingly in the present Case, he assured the persecuted Christian, that as his Virtue, and his Sufferings for it upon Earth were great, so shall also his Reward in Heaven be. 1793 I. A. Eccles in W. Shakespeare Cymbeline 118 Mr. Garrick, or whoever adapted this play for representation, has made the Third Act to commence with this scene. 1805 J. Wild (title) Dramas adapted (from the original French) to the English stage. 1849 Athenæum 3 Nov. 1113/3 A three-act drama adapted from the French comedy. 1852 C. Reade (title) The lost husband. A drama..written and adapted from the French. 1911 (title) The concise Oxford dictionary of current English adapted by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler..from the Oxford dictionary. 1952 T. S. Eliot & G. Hoellering Film of Murder in Cathedral 7 Murder in the Cathedral is, I believe, the first contemporary verse play to be adapted to the screen. 1955 Radio Times 22 Apr. 31/2 ‘A Woman of No Importance’..Adapted for radio from the stage version. 1967 ‘J. H. Roberts’ February Plan i. iii. 92 The play today was a shosagoto, a Kabuki drama adapted from a Noh play. 1988 N. Postman Conscientious Objections 121 When the play was adapted for the movies, it required more ‘movement’ or action and the addition of at least one subplot. 1998 N.Y. Mag. 15 June 90/1 Syracuse Stage's lush musical production of The Wind in the Willows, adapted from the children's classic Kenneth Grahame. 2003 NFT Programme Booklet (National Film Theatre) July 11/1 For his extraordinary first feature Melville adapted Vercors' classic Resistance novella. 6. transitive. Biology. To modify (an organism, or part of one) through evolutionary change so that it better suits its environment or function. Usually with to, for. Cf. adapted adj. 3. ΚΠ 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 87 In social animals it [sc. natural selection] will adapt the structure of each individual for the benefit of the community. 1882 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 38 350 A terrestrial Plesiosaurian in process of undergoing those structural modifications which would adapt it for aquatic life. 1914 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 87 532 Evolution is usually supposed to have produced the extraordinary variety of forms now existing by adapting members of very different families to very different conditions of life. 1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 17 Nov. e5/1 Researchers say these proteins evolved first for their humdrum housekeeping tasks and only later were adapted to the entirely different and specialized task of building the lens. 2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True ix. 2247 Selection would have had many eons to adapt us to such a lifestyle. 7. Biology. a. intransitive. Of an organism: to become acclimatized to environmental conditions, esp. new or changing conditions, through physiological or behavioural change. Cf. sense 1c. ΚΠ 1896 Science 22 May 780/2 A and B are, let us suppose, two individuals that survive because they can and do adapt to the environment. 1962 Listener 3 May 762/1 Birds certainly adapt to the urban community, and particularly well to the suburban community. 1987 J. E. Twining Mute Swans of Atlantic Coast i. 5 Mute Swans adapt to a variety of habitats including rivers, lakes, ponds, and brackish marshes. 2008 N. Draper & C. Hodgson Adventure Sport Physiol. x. 388/1 As you adapt to altitude, catecholamine secretion is reduced. b. intransitive. Of a variety or species of organism: to become modified through evolution to better fit the environment or an ecological niche. Frequently with to. ΚΠ 1956 Sci. News-let. 12 May 302/2 Through evolution, living creatures adapt closely to their environment. 1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) iii. 66/1 They [sc. trilobites] were able to adapt to many specialized niches and were amongst the most successful life-forms of their time. 2009 Nature 20 Aug. 934/3 Environmental degradation threatens to wipe out countless species unless natural selection can help them to adapt fast enough to fend off ultimate doom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1658v.1531
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