adapt

/ə-ˈdapt/

Middle English adapted (as translation of Latin adaptātus), borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French adapter, borrowed from Latin adaptāre, from ad- ad-aptāre "to put into position, bring to bear, make ready," verbal derivative of aptus "fastened, prepared, suitable"

verb

  1. to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification

  2. to become adapted

adapt the curriculum to students' needs

adapt adjust accommodate conform reconcile mean to bring one thing into correspondence with another. adapt implies a modification according to changing circumstances. adjust suggests bringing into a close and exact correspondence or harmony such as exists between parts of a mechanism.