Obs. [f. ADAPT v. on analogy of ppl. adjs. like content, distract, erect, which were in form identical with verbs, though really adaptations of L. pples. in -tus; but there was no L. adaptus. The adj. APT may also have helped in the production of ad-apt.] Fitted, suited; fit.
1704. Swift, T. of a Tub, ix. Wks. 1760, I. 100. This definition of happiness … will be acknowledged wonderfully adapt.
a. 1733. North, Lives of Norths, II. 369. Nothing could have fallen out more exquisitely adapt to Mr. North’s desires.
