Both Uses
adapt
in
The Island of Dr. Moreau
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- He was quick to learn, very imitative and adaptive, and built himself a hovel rather better, it seemed to me, than their own shanties.†
Chpt 14 *adaptive = having the ability to change for different situations
- Before, they had been beasts, their instincts fitly adapted to their surroundings, and happy as living things may be.†
Chpt 16
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)