All 3 Uses of
adapt
in
The Time Machine
- So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pursuing pleasure and comfort and beauty, and below ground the Have-nots, the Workers getting continually adapted to the conditions of their labour.†
Chpt 5 *
- Such of them as were so constituted as to be miserable and rebellious would die; and, in the end, the balance being permanent, the survivors would become as well adapted to the conditions of underground life, and as happy in their way, as the Upper-world people were to theirs.†
Chpt 5 *
- The descent was effected by means of metallic bars projecting from the sides of the well, and these being adapted to the needs of a creature much smaller and lighter than myself, I was speedily cramped and fatigued by the descent.†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(adapted as in: the species is well adapted for) to be especially well suited or appropriate for something
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(adapt as in: adapted to the new rules) changed to fit a different situation; or made suitable