Definition of adjust

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Adjust (v. t.) To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted..

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Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom..
Adapt :: Adapt (v. t.) To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for..
Liner :: Liner (n.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim..
Composure :: Composure (n.) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
Sized :: Sized (a.) Adjusted according to size.
Adjusting :: Adjusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjus.
Shape :: Shape (v. i.) To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
Clearing :: Clearing (n.) The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books..
Justification :: "Justification (n.) Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment..
Calculate :: Calculate (v. i.) To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people..
Register :: Register (n.) The correspondence or adjustment of the several impressions in a design which is printed in parts, as in chromolithographic printing, or in the manufacture of paper hangings. See Register, v. i. 2..
Shape :: Shape (n.) To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel..
Proportion :: Proportion (n.) Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion..
Regulate :: Regulate (v. t.) To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc..
Pend :: Pend (v. i.) To be undecided, or in process of adjustment..
Commissioner :: Commissioner (n.) A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims..
Squabble :: Squabble (v. t.) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up..
Composition :: Composition (n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
Tune :: Tune (n.) The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune..
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