Both Uses of
adapt
in
Emma
- I am much mistaken if Emma's doctrines give any strength of mind, or tend at all to make a girl adapt herself rationally to the varieties of her situation in life.†
Chpt 1.5-6
- My idea of him is, that he can adapt his conversation to the taste of every body, and has the power as well as the wish of being universally agreeable.†
Chpt 1.17-18 *
Definition:
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(adapt as in: adapted to the new rules) changed to fit a different situation; or made suitable