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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1380|origins=fro ajoster|origins=la ad|origins=la juxta}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈd͡ʒʌst/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English ajusten, [[bor|fro|ajoster|t=to add, assemble, calibrate]], ajuster,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Vulgar Latin *adjuxtāre, to bring near,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Latin ad-, to, and juxtā, near, close by (from the PIE root of [[yoke]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021) In the 16th century French refashioned it as adjuster, as if from juste, right (see [[just]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) and English reborrowed the word in that form before 1611;^(Barnhart 1988) modern French has ajouter, to add.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To correct, remedy: about 1380, in Chaucer's translation of Boethius.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the reborrowed form, the OED's first sense, to arrange, settle or harmonize things that differ, is from 1611.^(OED 1989) To arrange something suitably in relation to something else is from 1664,^(OED 1989) and to settle a claim in insurance from 1755.^(OED 1989) To adapt oneself or get used to something is from 1924,^(OED 1989) and it also means to achieve psychological balance.^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1380 – to correct.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1611 – to arrange, settle.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1664 – to fit to something else.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1755 – to settle an insurance claim.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1924 – to adapt oneself.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To change slightly, especially to make accurate or fit; to [[regulate]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To adapt or conform, as to new conditions.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To bring into proper relationship or order.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(insurance)'' To decide how much is to be paid on a claim.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adjustable]]

+ * [[adjustably]]

+ * [[adjustability]]

+ * [[adjustive]]

+ * [[adjustor]]

+ * [[preadjust]]

+ * [[adjuster]]

+ * [[adjustment]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[juxtapose]]

+ * [[joust]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}