English

Etymology
Latin accommodatus, past participle of accommodare; ad + commodare to make fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See mode

Pronunciation
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Verb
en-verb|accommodat|ing

1. transitive To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

#:They accomodate their counsels to his inclination. -Addison

1. transitive To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.
2. transitive To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.
3. transitive 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.
4. (intransitive) (rare) To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. - Boyle

Synonyms
To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.

Translations
French: accommoder
Russian: п�и�по�оби����

Adjective
accommodate

1. archaic Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. - Tillotson

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Latin

Adverb
la-adv|accommodat|accommod�t|e

1. suitably

Related terms
accommodatio|accommod�ti�
accommodatus|accommod�tus
accommodo|accommod�
accommodus

References
Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

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