Emily Dickinson Lexicon

adjust (adjusted, -s), v. [Fr. adjuste-r, to add < L. ad- + juxta, near, refashioned after L. ad- + jũstus, just, straight; Webster says: see Just < Fr juste, settle.] (webplay: affairs, erect, fit, garment, put, result, settle, straight, system).

1. Accustom; accommodate; adapt; alter; fine tune; focus to fit.
2. Attach; position; set in place.
3. Regulate; alter; change; modify; [fig.] reconcile.
4. Arrange; deposit; situate; put to rest; settle with attention to fine details [esp. for funeral arrangements.]
5. Acclimate to; adapt to; conform to; comply with.
6. Organize; order; rearrange the schedule of.