Both Uses of
accommodate
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- It all flashed into my head this morning, before anything had happened...I tell you what; I have an uncle, I must introduce him to you (a most accommodating and respectable old man).†
Chpt 4.3 *accommodating = adjusting something to provide for a need; or being helpful
- And you will see what an accommodating person I am.†
Chpt 5.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(accommodate as in: the room can accommodate four) provide (or have the ability to provide) for something desired or needed
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(2)
(accommodate as in: moved to accommodate her) adjust something to provide for a need; or help
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(3)
(accommodations as in: hotel accommodations) space, lodgings, or other needs -- such as a hotel room and services
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)