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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACCOM'MODATE, v.t. [L. accommodo, to apply or suit, from ad and commodo, to profit or help; of con, with, and modus, measure, proportion, limit, or manner. See Mode.]
1. To fit, adapt, or make suitable; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances; to accommodate the choice of subjects to the occasions.
2. To supply with or furnish; followed by with; as, to accommodate a man with apartments.
3. To supply with conveniences, as to accommodate a friend.
4. To reconcile things which are at variance; to adjust; as to accommodate differences.
5. To show fitness or agreement; to apply; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.
6. To lend - a commercial sense.
In an intransitive sense, to agree, to be conformable to, as used by Boyle.
ACCOM'MODATE, a. suitable; fit; adapted; as means accommodate to the end.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs" [syn: suit, accommodate, fit]
2: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" [syn: adapt, accommodate]
3: provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"
4: have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" [syn: accommodate, hold, admit]
5: provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester" [syn: lodge, accommodate]
6: provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him" [syn: oblige, accommodate] [ant: disoblige]
7: make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories" [syn: accommodate, reconcile, conciliate]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-dated; -dating) Etymology: Latin accommodatus, past participle of accommodare, from ad- + commodare to make fit, from commodus suitable — more at commode Date: 1550 transitive verb 1. to make fit, suitable, or congruous 2. to bring into agreement or concord ; reconcile 3. to provide with something desired, needed, or suited (as a helpful service, a loan, or lodgings) 4. a. to make room for b. to hold without crowding or inconvenience 5. to give consideration to ; allow for <accommodate the special interests of various groups> intransitive verb to adapt oneself; also to undergo visual accommodation Synonyms: see adapt, contain • accommodative adjective • accommodativeness noun • accommodator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 provide lodging or room for (the flat accommodates three people). 2 adapt, harmonize, reconcile (must accommodate ourselves to new surroundings; cannot accommodate your needs to mine). 3 a do service or favour to; oblige (a person). b (foll. by with) supply (a person) with. Etymology: L accommodare (as AC-, commodus fitting)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accommodate 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 accommodate 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accommodate Ac*com"mo*date, v. i. To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. [R.] --Boyle.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accommodate Ac*com"mo*date, a. [L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare.] Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. [Archaic] --Tillotson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(accommodates, accommodating, accommodated) 1. If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them. The school in Poldown was not big enough to accommodate all the children... VERB: no cont, V n 2. To accommodate someone means to provide them with a place to live or stay. ...a hotel built to accommodate guests for the wedding of King Alfonso... Students are accommodated in homes nearby. VERB: V n, be V-ed prep/adv 3. If something is planned or changed to accommodate a particular situation, it is planned or changed so that it takes this situation into account. (FORMAL) The roads are built to accommodate gradual temperature changes... VERB: V n 4. If you do something to accommodate someone, you do it with the main purpose of pleasing or satisfying them. He has never put an arm around his wife to accommodate photographers... = oblige VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Oblige, serve, supply, furnish, do a service for, supply the wants of, minister to the convenience of, make comfortable, contain, hold, furnish room for. 2. Fit, suit, adapt, make conform, make conformable, make consistent, make correspond. 3. Reconcile, adjust, settle, compose, harmonize.

Moby Thesaurus

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