Serving to adapt or relating to the process of adaptation.
From Latin 'adaptare' (to fit to) plus the suffix '-ive' (tending to), a variant spelling of 'adaptive'.
Though 'adaptive' is more common today, 'adaptative' survives in specialized scientific terminology, showing how some words stay alive in technical fields even when everyday language moves on.
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