All 3 Uses of
accommodate
in
Hard Times
- The speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders, — nay, his very neckcloth, trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was, — all helped the emphasis.†
Chpt 1.1
- I hope I have learnt how to accommodate myself to the changes of life.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- She walked along at his side, and, gently accommodating himself to her humour, he said Coketown was a busy place, was it not?†
Chpt 1.12 *
Definitions:
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(accommodate as in: moved to accommodate her) adjust something to provide for a need; or help
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(accommodate as in: the room can accommodate four) provide (or have the ability to provide) for something desired or needed