adaptmentn.
/əˈdap(t)m(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈdæp(t)m(ə)nt/ Now somewhat rare.
1. Something which has been adapted for a particular use or purpose; an adaptation.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > adaptation > [noun] > something adapted
adaptment1739
adaptation1835
1739 H. Walpole Lett. (1861) I. 19 All the conveniences, or rather (if there was such a word), all the adaptments are assembled here that melancholy, meditation, selfish devotion, and despair would require.
1755 Monthly Rev. Jan. 58 The author has delivered himself, in the article of manures, and their adaptments to heavy and light soils, with great propriety.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 175 [It] pertains to a very different subdivision,..the members of which are considerably more nocturnal in their habits and adaptments.
1958 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 5 Sept. 4/5 (advt.) Embroidered cotton..bras with reinforced cups, flexible wire undercup and elastic back with two-hook adaptment.
2009 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 22 Mar. 17 He will need ongoing care as well as handicapped accessible adaptments for his home, estimated at $60,000 per year.
2. The action or process of adapting something for a particular use or purpose; adaptation.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun]
commodation1578
justing1582
suiting1601
adaptation1610
adapting1610
accommodation1612
adaption1615
adjustment1644
contemperation1654
squaring1702
adaptment1786
adjustage1819
1786 G. McCalman Crit. Inq. Motion of Sun vi. 132 The janna or entrance of the year was fixed by them 80 days earlier that the vernal equinox.., probably, in order to fill up a cycle or round of time, the adaptment of which, perhaps, could not be otherwise husbanded with precision.
1866 Morning Post 6 Aug. 3/3 The needful is the adaptment of every faculty, the dedication of the whole nature, to the purpose for which they are destined.
1922 J. Brown & J. Boyd Hist. San Bernardino & Riverside Counties 1439 He has all the..training and broad experience to aid in the fitting and adaptment of glasses for the eyes.
1955 East & West 6 167/2 This gives rise, by adaptment and specification, to expressions which..may appear to have no connexion, whereas they are associated by intimate analogies.
3. The state or quality of being adapted to a particular use or purpose; suitability.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun]
covenablenessa1382
covenabletec1384
propertya1387
abilitya1398
congruencec1430
conveniencec1430
meetnessc1449
congruencya1513
conveniency1526
congruity1530
familiarity1551
suitableness1594
familiarnessa1617
idoneity1617
connaturalnessa1628
suitability1648
adequateness1650
adaptness1657
competibilitya1660
accommodateness1660
adaptation1663
adaptedness1673
evenliness1674
condecence1678
decorousness1678
feating1682
resemblance1715
idoneousness1727
appropriateness1731
favourableness1775
adaptitude1806
adaptment1831
1831 United Service Jrnl. Feb. 174 You cannot but be..surprised at the just adaptment of each and every thing to its purpose.
1896 Godey's Mag. Nov. 534/2 Rewards..will compensate every woman whose adaptment for study is adequate to carry her past the doors that open only to the faithful who recognize that there is no royal road to a diploma.
1906 Empire Rev. Jan. 563 People who love the country protest vigorously concerning its particular adaptment for agriculture and cattle rearing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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