Ac*com"mo*date (&?;), a.
[L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare.]
Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate
to end. [Archaic] Tillotson.
Ac*com"mo*date , v. i. To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted.
[R.]
Boyle.
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.
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