accombination (akombinashon)

The act of combining together. Quarterly Rev. accommodable (a-kom'ō-da-bl), a. [F. ac com mod able = Sp. acomodable =Pg. accommo davel = It. accomodabile, my house can accommodate a large number of guests: followed by with when what is supplied is expre ly mentioned: as, to accommodate a man with apartments; to accommodate a friend with money. Better accommodated ! - it is good; yea, indeed, is it: good phrases are surely, and ever were, very commendable. Accommodated ! it comes of accommodo: very good; a good phrase. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iii. 2. 5. To suit; serve; convenience; oblige; do a kindne or favor to: as, he is always delighted to accommodate a friend. The Indians were much given to long talks, and the Dutch to long silence in this particular, therefore, they accommodated each other completely. Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 101. =Syn. 1. To suit, adapt, fit, conform, adjust, reconcile.-4. To furnish, supply, provide for.-5. To serve, oblige, a ist, aid. II. in trans. To be conformable; specifically, in physiol., to be in or come to adjustment. See accommodation , 4 ( b ). Their motor seem regulated by their retinal functions, so that, according to Ludwig, if the ret inæ are extirpated, the eyes often cease to rotate, then to accommodate , then to wink together. Mind , IX. 94.