Ac*com"mo*date (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accommodated (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Accommodating (#).] [L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare; ad + commodare to make fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See Mode.]
1.
To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
"They
accomodate their counsels to his inclination."
Addison.
2.
To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
3.
To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
4.
To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.
Syn. -- To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.
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Ac*com"mo*date, v. i.
To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted.
[R.]
Boyle.
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Ac*com"mo*date (#), a. [L. accommodatus, p.p. of accommodare.]
Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
[Archaic]
Tillotson.
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