GNU Dico
From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
Adjust (<?>), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjusting.] [OF. ajuster, ajoster (whence F. ajouter to add), LL. adjuxtare to fit; fr. L. ad + juxta near; confused later with L. ad and justus just, right, whence F. ajuster to adjust. See {Just}, v. t. and cf. {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”.
[1913 Webster]
2. To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
[1913 Webster]
Adjusting the orthography.
-- Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
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.”
[1913 Webster]
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”.
[1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To adapt; suit; arrange; regulate; accommodate; set right; rectify; settle.
[1913 Webster]