All 3 Uses of
adapt
in
Hard Times
- As she straightened her own figure, and held up her head in adapting her action to her words, the idea crossed Stephen that he had seen this old woman before, and had not quite liked her.†
Chpt 1.12 *
- 'I am the servant of circumstances, sir,' said Mrs. Sparsit, 'and I have long adapted myself to the governing power of my life.'†
Chpt 2.1
- What with a cooling drink adapted to the weather, but not so weak as cool; and what with a rarer tobacco than was to be bought in those parts; Tom was soon in a highly free and easy state at his end of the sofa, and more than ever disposed to admire his new friend at the other end.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
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(adapt as in: adapted to the new rules) changed to fit a different situation; or made suitable