coadapt

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verb

To adapt together.

OriginEnglish adapt ← Middle English *adapten ← Latin adaptō →
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Meanings

verbcoadapt (third-person singular simple present coadapts, present participle coadapting, simple past and past participle coadapted)

present singular third person coadapts · participle present coadapting · participle past coadapted · past coadapted

  1. To adapt together.

    Such networks determine regulation complexity in various ways and may coadapt to different functions than they originally evolved for.

    2013 March 4, Luis P Villarreal, Guenther Witzany, “The DNA Habitat and its RNA Inhabitants: At the Dawn of RNA Sociology”, in Genomics Insights, volume 6, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  14. Proto-Italic*aptos
  15. Latinaptus
  16. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  17. Proto-Italic*apjō
  18. Latinapiō
  19. Latinaptō
  20. Latinadaptō
  21. Middle English*adapten
  22. Englishadapt
  23. Englishcoadapt

From co- + adapt.

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APA

coadapt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coadapt

MLA

“coadapt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coadapt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coadapt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coadapt.

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