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adaption|əˈdæpʃən|
[f. adapt v. as if formed on a L. ppl. stem; cf. adopt-ion. See -ion1.]
= adaptation; the action of adapting.
1704Swift T. of a Tub (1768) I. 127 For great turns are not always given by strong hands, but by lucky adaption. 1790Blagden Spirit. Liq. in Phil. Trans. LXXX. 344 The adaption of the duties to different degrees of strength. 1860Dickens Lett. (ed. 2) II. 124 There it is, needing no change or adaption. |