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accommodating

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Accommodating \Ac*com"mo*da`ting\, a.
   Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as
   an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.

Source : WordNet®

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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