All 3 Uses
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The Purloined Letter
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- A certain set of highly ingenious resources are, with the Prefect, a sort of Procrustean bed, to which he forcibly adapts his designs.†
*adapts = changes to fit a different situation
- And do you not see also, that such recherches nooks for concealment are adapted only for ordinary occasions, and would be adopted only by ordinary intellects; for, in all cases of concealment, a disposal of the article concealed—a disposal of it in this recherche manner,—is, in the very first instance, presumable and presumed; and thus its discovery depends, not at all upon the acumen, but altogether upon the mere care, patience, and determination of the seekers; and where the case is of importance—or, what amounts to the same thing in the policial eyes, when the reward is of magnitude,—the qualities in question have never been known to fail.†
- I know him, however, as both mathematician and poet, and my measures were adapted to his capacity, with reference to the circumstances by which he was surrounded.†
Definitions:
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(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)