Both Uses
adapt
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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- He honestly confessed that he bestowed more pains upon those sermons than upon any others; for the slaves were reared in such ignorance that it was a difficult task to adapt himself to their comprehension.†
Chpt 13 *adapt = change to fit a different situation; or make suitable
- He urged upon his parishioners the duty of having a meeting expressly for them every Sunday, with a sermon adapted to their comprehension.†
Chpt 13
Definitions:
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(1)
(adapt as in: adapted to the new rules) changed to fit a different situation; or made suitable
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(2)
(adapted as in: the species is well adapted for) to be especially well suited or appropriate for something
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)