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exapt

exapt verb: to exhibit exaptation; to repurpose a pre-existing adaptation.

Verb

exapt (third-person singular simple present exapts, present participle exapting, simple past and past participle exapted)

  1. (evolutionary theory) To exhibit exaptation; to repurpose a pre-existing adaptation.

Forms of exapt

third-person singular presentexapts
present participleexapting
past participleexapted
pastexapted

Questions about exapt

What does exapt mean?
Exapt means to exhibit exaptation; to repurpose a pre-existing adaptation.
What part of speech is exapt?
Exapt is a verb.
What is the past tense of exapt?
The past tense of exapt is exapted.

Words near exapt in the dictionary

  1. exaparsec
  2. exaparsecs
  3. exapophyses
  4. exapophysis
  5. exaprolol
  6. exapt
  7. exaptation
  8. exaptational
  9. exaptations
  10. exaptative
  11. exapted

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