Adjust
Adjust ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old French ajuster, ajoster (whence French ajouter to add), Late Latin adjuxtare to fit; from Latin ad + juxta near; confused later with Latin ad and justus just, right, whence French ajuster to adjust. See Just, transitive verb and compare Adjute.]
1.
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.
2.
To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
Adjusting the orthography.
3.
To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.
4.
To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.