[f. ADAPT v. as if formed on a L. ppl. stem; cf. adopt-ion. See -ION.] = ADAPTATION; the action of adapting.
1704. Swift, T. of a Tub (1768), I. 127. For great turns are not always given by strong hands, but by lucky adaption.
1790. Blagden, Spirit. Liq., in Phil. Trans., LXXX. 344. The adaption of the duties to different degrees of strength.
1860. Dickens, Lett. (ed. 2), II. 124. There it is, needing no change or adaption.
