1. [v]  adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
2. [v]  make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

1. \A*dapt"\, a.
   Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift.
   

2. \A*dapt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adapted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Adapting}.] [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.
   

A subset of APT.

[Sammet 1969, p. 606].