adjust

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To change so as to match or fit; cause to correspond.
2. v. To bring into proper relationship.
3. v. To adapt or conform, as to new conditions: "unable to adjust themselves to their environment” ( Karl A. Menninger). See Synonyms at adapt.
4. v. To bring the components of into a more effective or efficient calibration or state: adjust the timing of a car's engine.
5. v. In chiropracty, to manipulate (the spine and other body structures) to treat disorders and restore normal function of the nervous system.
6. v. To decide how much is to be paid on (an insurance claim).
7. v. To adapt oneself; conform.
8. v. To achieve a psychological balance with regard to one's external environment, one's needs, and the demands of others.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To fit, as one thing to another; make correspondent or conformable; adapt; accommodate: as, to adjust things to a standard.
2. To put in order; regulate or reduce to system; bring to a proper state or position: as, to adjust a scheme; to adjust affairs; “adjusting the orthography,” Johnson.
3. To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result: as, to adjust accounts.
4. To put forward; suggest.
5. To add. Caxton. Synonyms To suit, arrange, dispose, trim, proportion, balance, conform, set right, rectify, reconcile.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To modify.
2. v. transitive To improve or rectify.
3. v. transitive To settle an insurance claim.
4. v. intransitive To change to fit circumstances.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations.
2. v. To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
3. v. To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result
4. v. To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
2. v. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
3. v. decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
4. v. make correspondent or conformable
5. v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions