Adapt

Examples

• From him the poor may learn to acquire wealth, and the rich to adapt it to the purposes of beneficence. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• With curious readiness did she adapt herself to such themes as interested him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Yes, said Justinian quickly; I keep up all the old Greek customs, though, of course, I adapt them to the needs of my people. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The only member of our small society who positively refused to adapt himself to circumstances, was Jip. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It remained for me to adapt myself to Dora; to share with her what I could, and be happy; to bear on my own shoulders what I must, and be happy still. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He had guns made of such material and of such size as to adapt them to the different services to which they were to be put, as field, siege, garrison, and sea coast. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Remington was right in the thick of development with a gunmaking plant, of course, for as his business grew he had to invent and adapt machines to increase output. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I had scant luggage to take with me to London, for little of the little I possessed was adapted to my new station. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The motors are arranged under the cars in varying forms adapted to the structure of the car. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• They were best adapted to work on leather and in embroidering. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In 1801 he built his first steam carriage, adapted to carry seven or eight passengers, which was said to have gone off like a bird, but broke down, and was taken to the home of Capt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• These cranes, adapted for the lifting and carrying of enormous loads, were worked by hydraulic pressure obtained from elevated tanks or reservoirs, as above indicated. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The engineering establishment of Mr. Hall, at Dartford, in Kent, was selected as best adapted for the purpose of making the machinery and for carrying the plans into operation. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Douglas Galton of the English army for use in barracks, but this stove is also admirably adapted for houses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Emphasis is placed upon the devising, adapting, constructing faculties. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I can see no limit to this power, in slowly and beautifully adapting each form to the most complex relations of life. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Let things stop as they are, I said, adapting my language to my listener. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• That I was inexperienced in the art of adapting my mind to minds very differently situated, and addressing them from suitable points of view. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Every species of living thing is always adapting itself more and more closely to its conditions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Business men had been adapting themselves to the more hectic methods necessary for profit in a world in a state of crisis. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He also succeeded experimentally in adapting his engine to a road carriage. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But a man who believes in something else than his own greed, has necessarily a conscience or standard to which he more or less adapts himself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This grill, you will note, is round, which particularly adapts it to the use of utensils ordinarily found in the kitchen of the average home. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He is penetrated with the spirit of Plato, and quotes or adapts many thoughts both from the Republic and from the Timaeus. Plato. The Republic.
• He thus adapts animals and plants for his own benefit or pleasure. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• He adapts mythology like the Homeric poems to the wants of the state, making 'the Phoenician tale' the vehicle of his ideas. Plato. The Republic.
• Mr. Rouncewell is perfectly good-humoured and polite, but within such limits, evidently adapts his tone to his reception. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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