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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Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to..
Quadrate :: Quadrate (v. t.) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing..
Adjustment :: Adjustment (n.) The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors..
Preadjustment :: Preadjustment (n.) Previous adjustment.
Measure :: Measure (n.) To adjust by a rule or standard.
Level :: Level (n.) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line..
Adjustive :: Adjustive (a.) Tending to adjust.
Dog :: Dog (n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool..
Poking-stick :: Poking-stick (n.) A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs..
Accountant :: Accountant (n.) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts..
Adjuster :: Adjuster (n.) One who, or that which, adjusts..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc..
Imparl :: Imparl (v. i.) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.
Planisphere :: Planisphere (n.) The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour..
Incoordination :: Incoordination (n.) Want of coordination; lack of harmonious adjustment or action.
Understanding :: Understanding (n.) An agreement of opinion or feeling; adjustment of differences; harmony; anything mutually understood or agreed upon; as, to come to an understanding with another..
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
Coadjust :: Coadjust (v. t.) To adjust by mutual adaptations.
Key :: Key (n.) That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position..
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