Obs. [ad. L. accommodāt-us suited, suitable, pa. pple. of accommodā-re, f. ac- = ad- to + commodāre to suit; f. commod-us suitable in measure, fitting; f. com- = cum together with + modus measure, manner.] Suited, adapted, fitted; hence suitable, fitting, fit.
1525. Wolsey, in Strype’s Eccl. Mem., I. 95. Loving and kind words … meet and accommodate for the company present.
1531. Elyot, Governor, I. x. 26 (1557). Moste accommodate to the aduancemente of some vertue.
1627. Speed, Irel. descr. & abridged, iv. § 4. Many accomodate and fit Bayes, Creekes, and nauigable Riuers.
1680. H. More, Apocalypsis, Pref. 15. Grotius … is now accounted the Chiefest Interpreter, and most accomodate to baffle the true and genuine meaning of those Prophecies.
1765. Harris, Three Treat., III. i. 122. The Sovereign Good ought to be something … accommodate to all Places and Times.
1796. Pegge, Anonym. (1809), 186. Applications of passages in the Classics, when they are perfectly accommodate, always give pleasure.
