Both Uses
accommodate
in
Music From Spain, by Eudora Welty
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- It accommodated itself like the bang of a small bell to the stiff pull of his shanks.
*accommodated = provided
- Then he gave some care to his extended right foot, which the black oblong object was there to accommodate as a rest, and care most of all to his fingers—flexing all ten of them, stretching them leisurely upon his thighs like a cat testing her claws on a cushion.†
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)