DEFINITION
ADJUST:
• (v. t.) To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or
conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to
the body, or things to a standard.
• (v. t.) To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
• (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.
• (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.