readapt

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verb

To adapt again; to adapt for a new purpose

“We readapted the practice of adding eggs to the recipe.”

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

verbreadapt (third-person singular simple present readapts, present participle readapting, simple past and past participle readapted)

present singular third person readapts · participle present readapting · participle past readapted · past readapted · alternative re-adapt

  1. To adapt again; to adapt for a new purpose

    We readapted the practice of adding eggs to the recipe.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbadjust anew

Similar
readjust
Broader
adjustconformadapt
Also see
readjust

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  7. Proto-Italic*ad
  8. Proto-Italic*ad-
  9. Latinad-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  12. Proto-Italic*aptos
  13. Latinaptus
  14. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  15. Proto-Italic*apjō
  16. Latinapiō
  17. Latinaptō
  18. Latinadaptō
  19. Middle English*adapten
  20. Englishadapt
  21. Englishreadapt

From re- + adapt.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

adapter
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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