adaptate
adaptate verb: to adapt.
Verb
adaptate (third-person singular simple present adaptates, present participle adaptating, simple past and past participle adaptated)
- To adapt.
- Using the formulae included the game moderator determins how much mana is needed to cast the magic. Works very well, but is specific to the game system, would need work to make it generic or useful in any other game. Personally I am thinking of adaptating it to Ars Magica or Witchcraft, both of...1996 December 20, Kataman, “SPELLESS MAGIC????”, in rec.games.frp.misc (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022
- The pre-cultural society was promiscuous, and the change to cultural society meaned^([sic]) a change to monogamy. That might better explain our difficulties in adaptating to monogamy (depending on when we put the origin of 'culture') but not the existence of promiscuous cultures of H. sapiens.1997 January 15, ai...@walrus.megabaud.fi, “Social evolution of hominids”, in sci.anthropology.paleo (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022
Forms of adaptate
| third-person singular present | adaptates |
|---|---|
| present participle | adaptating |
| past participle | adaptated |
| past | adaptated |
Origin of adaptate
When used by native speakers, a back-formation from adaptation; equivalent to adapt + -ate. When used by ESL speakers, a calque of Portuguese and Spanish adaptar; compare, for example, English integrate and Portuguese and Spanish integrar.
Questions about adaptate
- What does adaptate mean?
- Adaptate means to adapt.
- What part of speech is adaptate?
- Adaptate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of adaptate?
- The past tense of adaptate is adaptated.
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