Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Specifically, resulting from immunization; as, an adapted serum.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of adapt.

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  • adjective changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose

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Examples

  • As a rookie he was nicknamed by teammates “Nervous Nervous Friend,” a moniker adapted from a Damon Runyon character named Nicely Nicely Johnson.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • As a rookie he was nicknamed by teammates “Nervous Nervous Friend,” a moniker adapted from a Damon Runyon character named Nicely Nicely Johnson.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • As a rookie he was nicknamed by teammates “Nervous Nervous Friend,” a moniker adapted from a Damon Runyon character named Nicely Nicely Johnson.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • He should have been in hospital months ago for a week of intravenous drug therapy and utter calm, but Naohiro would not-or possibly could not-agree to it Naohiro possessed kan, a word adapted from the Chinese that referred to the home of a ruling mandarin.

    Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990

  • Tennessee, during the winter of 1865 to 1866, by six former Confederate army officers who gave their society a name adapted from the Greek word

    Clipmarks | Live Clips 2008

  • Tennessee, during the winter of 1865 to 1866, by six former Confederate army officers who gave their society a name adapted from the Greek word

    Clipmarks | Live Clips 2008

  • Kwongan is a term adapted from the Aboriginal Noongar language to cover the various Western Australian types of shrubland, comparable with the maquis, chaparral, and fynbos of other countries with Mediterranean-type systems.

    Biological diversity in Southwest Australia 2008

  • How has your label adapted to changes in society, business, etc?

    PlugInMusic.com 2009

  • How has your label adapted to changes in society, business, etc?

    PlugInMusic.com 2009

  • How has your label adapted to changes in society, business, etc?

    PlugInMusic.com 2009

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