ADAPT, ADAPTABLE, ADAPTATION, ADAPTED, ADAPTIVE
ADJECTIVES
1525 — ACCOMMODATE adapted, suited, fitted; hence, suitable, fitting, fit → obs.
1838 — POLYTROPIC adaptable, versatile; capable of taking various courses of action
1846 — VERSATIVE marked by adaptability or variety
1857 — ADAPTATIVE adaptive; characterize by or given to adapting things to a purpose, or oneself to circumstances
1888 — ADAPTORIAL adaptive → obs. (Bk.)
1889 — PANNABLE well-adapted, suitable, likely to fit properly → Eng. dial.
1902 — QUEEMLY exactly adapted → Sc.
1905 — MEETEN’D adapted, or prepared; made fit → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1681 — ADJUSTLY in an adaptable manner → obs.
1709 — ADAPTLY in an adapted or fit manner; by being adapted or fitted → obs.
NOUNS
1704 — ADAPTION adaptation; the act of adapting
1739 — ADAPTMENT adaptation; fitting condition → obs.
1749 — ADAPTNESS adaptedness; the quality of being adapted, suitability → obs.
1842 — ADAPTITUDE adaptedness; aptitude specially produced
1902 — QUEEMNESS perfect adaptation; an exact fit → Sc.
VERBS
1000 — FAY to adapt, to fit, or join; to put together, add, compose; to fix or fasten in position → obs.
1230 — AFAITE to adapt or prepare to or for a purpose; to bring into any shape → obs.
1400 — ABLE to adapt, to fit; to prepare, to make ready → obs.
1546 — CUT THE COAT ACCORDING TO THE CLOTH to adapt oneself to circumstances, to keep within the limits of one’s means
1555 — HANDSOME to adapt, to fit; to make seemly or becoming; to bring to a proper condition → obs.
1578 — HOWL AMONG (THE) WOLVES to adapt oneself to one’s company, though one disapproves of it → obs.
1633 — AGENCE to adapt, to fit or adjust → obs.
1637 — OPPORTUNE to be well adapted or convenient to; to suit, to accommodate → obs.
1640 — CUT ONE’S CLOTH ACCORDING TO ONE’S CALLING to adapt oneself to circumstances, to keep within the limits of one’s means
1659 — ADAPTATE to adapt → obs.
1674 — FADGE to adapt means to ends, to make things fit → Eng. dial. obs.
1866 — ORIENTATE to adapt or familiarize to new circumstances
1890 — BED to become adapted to; to fit comfortably → Eng. dial.
1904 — STRETCH ONE’S LEGS ACCORDING TO THE COVERLET to adapt oneself to circumstances → sl. (Bk.)
1914 — VAND to adapt or fit one thing to another → Sc.