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a·dapt / əˈdapt/ • v. [tr.] make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify: hospitals have to be adapted for modern medical practice. ∎ [intr.] become adjusted to new conditions: slow to adapt to change ∎ alter (a text) to make it suitable for filming, broadcasting, or the stage: the miniseries was adapted from Wouk's novel. DERIVATIVES: a·dap·tive / -tiv/ adj. |
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"adapt." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "adapt." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-adapt.html "adapt." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-adapt.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "adapt." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "adapt." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-adapt.html T. F. HOAD. "adapt." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-adapt.html |
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•adapt, apt, enrapt, rapt, unmapped, untapped
•periapt • snow-capped
•accept, crept, except, incept, inept, intercept, kept, leapt, overleaped, sept, slept, swept, upswept, wept, yclept
•adept • housekept • transept
•precept • concept • percept
•rainswept • windswept • undraped
•pearshaped
•conscript, crypt, encrypt, harelipped, hipped, script, unequipped, unwhipped
•Egypt • eucalypt • transcript
•nondescript • typescript • manuscript
•subscript
•adopt, co-opt, Copt, opt
•unhoped
•abrupt, corrupt, disrupt, erupt, interrupt, irrupt
•bankrupt
•underdeveloped, undeveloped
•excerpt • sculpt
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"adapt." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "adapt." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-adapt.html "adapt." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-adapt.html |
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Adapt (əˈdæpt) Access for Disabled People to Arts Today
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "Adapt." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "Adapt." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-Adapt.html FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "Adapt." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-Adapt.html |
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