accommodate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

accommodate

SYLLABICATION:	ac·com·mo·date
PRONUNCIATION:	-km-dt
VERB:	Inflected forms: ac·com·mo·dat·ed, ac·com·mo·dat·ing, ac·com·mo·dates
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To do a favor or service for; oblige. See synonyms at oblige. 2. To provide for; supply with. 3. To hold comfortably without crowding. See synonyms at contain. 4. To make suitable; adapt. See synonyms at adapt. 5. To allow for; consider: an economic proposal that accommodates the interests of senior citizens. 6. To settle; reconcile.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To adapt oneself; become adjusted: It is never easy to accommodate to social change. 2. Physiology To become adjusted, as the eye to focusing on objects at a distance.
ETYMOLOGY:	Latin accomodre, accomodt-, to fit : ad-, ad- + commodus, suitable; see commodious.
OTHER FORMS:	ac·commo·dative —ADJECTIVE ac·commo·dative·ness —NOUN ac·commo·dator —NOUN


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