ACCOM'MODATE, verb transitive [Latin 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, adjective suitable; fit; adapted; as means accommodate to the end.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI