adaptive

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
adapt/əˈdapt/

▶verb

• 1 make suitable for a new use or purpose.

• 2 become adjusted to new conditions.

– derivatives
adaptive adjective,
adaptively adverb,
adaptivity noun.

– origin ME: from Fr. adapter, from L. adaptare, from ad- ‘to’ + aptare (from aptus ‘fit’).