Definition of adjust

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Adjust (v. t.) To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope..

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Maladjustment :: Maladjustment (n.) A bad adjustment.
Composition :: Composition (n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
Eunomy :: Eunomy (n.) Equal law, or a well-adjusted constitution of government..
Temper :: Temper (v. t.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use..
Adjust :: Adjust (v. t.) To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system..
Composer :: Composer (n.) One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference..
Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks..
Key :: Key (n.) That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position..
Coordination :: Coordination (n.) The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coordination of functions..
Compose :: Compose (v. t.) To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib..
Countergage :: Countergage (n.) An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made..
Advance :: Advance (v.) The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural..
Settle :: Settle (n.) To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account..
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
Domino :: Domino (n.) A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure..
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..
Sonnet :: Sonnet (n.) A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule..
Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment..
Trim :: Trim (v. t.) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust..
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