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Definition of Readapt

1. Verb. Adapt anew. "He readapted himself"

2. Verb. Adjust anew. "After moving back to America, he had to readjust"

Definition of Readapt

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Readapt

1. adapt [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: adapt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Readapt

read only memory read out read somebody's lips read somebody the riot act read someone's mind read up readabilities readability readable readableness

readablenesses readably readahead readaholic readaholics readapt (current term) readaptation readaptations readapted readapting

readapts readathon readathons readback readbacks readd readded readdict readdicted readdicting

Literary usage of Readapt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Heredity and Selection in Sociology by Georges Chatterton-Hill (1907)
"... extinction of species is that crises occur, in which old and constant species sre not allowed time enough to readapt themselves to modified conditions. ..."

2. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"... the consequences inhering in any doctrine which makes mental life a self-inclosed thing, instead of an attempt to redirect and readapt common concerns. ..."

3. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"... observation and ingenuity are required at each stage to overcome obstacles and to discover and readapt means of execution. In short, an occupation, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Includes adaptations of the novels of Dickens, Scott, Charles Reade, Hugo and many other standard novelists, though it may be necessary to readapt much of ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The organic world then also loses its ecologic balance, is stimulated to change, and forced to readapt itself through evolution to the altering environment. ..."

6. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"Most of the schools aim to do more for the men than simply to teach them how to manage their appliances and readapt themselves to their old work. ..."

7. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1904)
"... of union cannot be found by merely trying to readapt old forms of worship or by changing our statements of faith. The difficulty is too deep for that. ..."

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