Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-DAPT'
AD'A-PISA-DAPT-A-BIL'I-TY, or A-DAPT'A-BLE-NESS
A-DAPT', v.t. [Sp. adaptar; It. adattare; L. ad and apto, to fit; Gr. απτω.]
To make suitable; to fit or suit; as, to adapt an instrument to its uses; we have provision adapted to our wants. It is applied to things material or immaterial.
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