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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Accommodating \Ac*com"mo*da`ting\, a. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: accommodating adj 1: helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating" [syn: {accommodative}] [ant: {unaccommodating}] 2: obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be accommodating"
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