adjust Copy link Outline I. To cause to fit, adapt1. apto, 1 (with dat.)2. concinno, 1II. To settle (differences) • adjust: I. To cause to fit, adapt: 1. apto, 1 (with dat.): to a. chains to the neck, vincula collo a., Ov.: to a. arrows to the string, sagittas nervo a., Virg. 2. concinno, 1: to a. a robe, pallam c., Pl.: v. to arrange, fit. II. To settle (differences): q. v.
ADJUST Copy link • ADJUSTordinare (general term to bring into order, regulate: disciplinam, Liv.; litem, Cic.; res publicas, Hor.): in ordinem adducere, redigere: disponere (to dispose, according to a plan, in various places): digerere, in ordinem digerere (to distribute, so that what belong together may be placed together, and each group be separated from the rest: jus civile in genera, Cic.): dispensare (to distribute proportionately): componere (to arrange, so that the whole may present a pleasing appearance): collocare, constituere (to fix): describere (to sketch, arrange by a written order, describere classes centuriasque ex censu (Liv.): explicare (unfold; to arrange a confused, entangled mass). To adjust hair, capillum componere; crines or capillos digerere; capillos disponere (Ov.); capillos comere; comam in gradus formare, frangere: the folds of a mantle, etc., collocare chlamydem ut apte pendeat (Ov., Met., 2, 733): componere pallium or pallam (for chlamydem, pallium, Vid: MANTLE). To adjust one’s affairs, rem familiarem constituere; res suas ordinare; res familiarescomponere: a plan of military operations, totius belli rationem describere: a merchant’s or tradesman’s affairs, alicujus negotia explicare: limits, boundaries, fines constituere, terminare. To adjust disputes, controversias componere (Caes.). Adapt one thing to another, accommodare aliquid alicui rei or ad aliquid: facere or efficere ut aliquid congruat or conveniat cum re. Vid: ADAPT.