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Adapt

Fitted; suited.

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Manner of action 25

Acclimate 76% connected

To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.

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Acclimatize 76% connected

To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man,…

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Adjust 76% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

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Anglicize 76% connected

To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

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Assimilate 76% connected

To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

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Christianize 76% connected

To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans.

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Cultivate 76% connected

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

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Domesticate 76% connected

To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.

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Electrify 76% connected

To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.

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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Focalize 76% connected

To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

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Focus 76% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

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Gear 76% connected

Clothing; garments; ornaments.

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Match 76% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Naturalize 76% connected

To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.

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Obey 76% connected

To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.

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Orient 76% connected

Rising, as the sun.

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Pitch 76% connected

A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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Readjust 76% connected

To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.

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Shoehorn 76% connected

Alt. of Shoeing-horn

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Square 76% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Tailor 76% connected

One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.

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Tame 76% connected

To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

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Transcribe 76% connected

To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.

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Wire 76% connected

A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a…

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Derivationally related 6

Accommodation 74% connected

The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.

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Accommodation 74% connected

The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.

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Adjustment 74% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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Adjustment 74% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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Conformist 74% connected

One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or non…

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Conformist 74% connected

One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or non…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Accommodate 92% connected

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adjust 92% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Conform 92% connected

Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Near synonym 1

Change 84% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

words for change 55% interchangeable

Change in response to conditions or needs.

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