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n. The quality or condition of being accommodable. [ R. ] Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accommodated p. pr. & vb. n. Accommodating ] [ L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare; ad + commodare to make fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See Mode. ] 1. To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances. “They accommodate their counsels to his inclination.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare. ] Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. [ Archaic ] Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Suitably; fitly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fitness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. accommodatio, fr. accommodare: cf. F. accommodation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to. “The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions.” Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement. “To come to terms of accommodation.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Com.) (a) A loan of money. (b) An accommodation bill or note. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accommodation bill, or
note (Com.), a bill of exchange which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. --
Accommodation coach, or
train, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. --
Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. He who, or that which, accommodates. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements. [ 1913 Webster ]

. In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members, not more than two of whom may be adherents of the same party, which has the control, through examinations, of appointments and promotions in the classified civil service. It was created by act of Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. &unr_; clause, fr. &unr_; to cut off. Cf. Capon. ] 1. A character or point [ , ] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners. [ 1913 Webster ]

Comma bacillus (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also cholera bacillus. --
Comma butterfly (Zool.), an American butterfly (Grapta comma), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Commanding. ] [ OE. comaunden, commanden, OF. comander, F. commander, fr. L. com- + mandare to commit to, to command. Cf. Commend, Mandate. ] 1. To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go to your mistress:
Say, I command her come to me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such aid as I can spare you shall command. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bridges commanded by a fortified house. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Up to the eastern tower,
Whose height commands as subject all the vale. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

One side commands a view of the finest garden. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Tis not in mortals to command success. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To direct to come; to bestow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will command my blessing upon you. Lev. xxv. 21.

Syn. -- To bid; order; direct; dictate; charge; govern; rule; overlook. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

And reigned, commanding in his monarchy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the king had so commanded concerning [ Haman ]. Esth. iii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have a view, as from a superior position. [ 1913 Webster ]

Far and wide his eye commands. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Awaiting what command their mighty chief
Had to impose. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The possession or exercise of authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

Command and force may often create, but can never cure, an aversion. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The steepy stand
Which overlooks the vale with wide command. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

He assumed an absolute command over his readers. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Word of command (Mil.), a word or phrase of definite and established meaning, used in directing the movements of soldiers; as, aim; fire; shoulder arms, etc.

Syn. -- Control; sway; power; authority; rule; dominion; sovereignty; mandate; order; injunction; charge; behest. See Direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being commanded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., orig. p. pr. of commander. ] A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mandatory; as, commandatory authority. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commandeered p. pr. & vb. n. Commandeering. ] [ D. kommandeeren to command, in South Africa to commandeer, fr. F. commander to command. See Command. ] 1. (Mil.) To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore, Commender. ] 1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

A leader and commander to the people. Is. lv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The chief officer of a commandery. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The President is commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States.

Syn. -- See Chief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a commander. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Commanderies [ F. commanderie. ] 1. The office or rank of a commander. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [ R. ] Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.

Syn. -- Authoritative; imperative; imperious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a commanding manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. commandement, F. commandement. ] 1. An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. [ 1913 Webster ]

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. John xiii. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of commanding; exercise of authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

And therefore put I on the countenance
Of stern commandment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Commandments,
The Ten Commandments, the Decalogue, or summary of God's commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai. (Ex. xx.) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. See Command, v. t. ] 1. In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers.

The war bands, called commandos, have played a great part in the . . . military history of the country. James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a usually small military unit trained to perform special missions, often behind enemy lines, and usually employing hit-and-run tactics. Such units often have the destruction of fixed targets, such as enemy installations, as their mission, in contrast to normal combat units which engage the enemy army directly. [ PJC ]

3. a member of a commando{ 2 } unit. [ PJC ]

n. A woman invested with authority to command. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Commandery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. comarque, or LL. commarca, commarcha; com- + marcha, boundary. See March a confine. ] The frontier of a country; confines. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of the same material. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. commaticus, Gr. &unr_;. See Comma. ] Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Commatic. ] Conciseness in writing. Bp. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Commensurable. ] Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional. [ 1913 Webster ]

She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had done. I. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To be commensurate with; to equal. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. commemorabilis. ] Worthy to be commemorated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commemorating. ] [ L. commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See Memory. ] To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. Atterbury.

Syn. -- See Celebrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to a commemoration; serving to commemorate.
Syn. -- commemorative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. commemoratio. ] 1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event. [ 1913 Webster ]

This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord. Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a feast of eternal commemoration. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commemoration day, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or intended to commemorate; as, a commemorative plaque. “A sacrifice commemorative of Christ's offering up his body for us.” Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inscription commemorative of his victory. Sir G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. something that commemorates, especially a postage stamp or coin having a design commemorating some event, person, institution, etc. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. ] One who commemorates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to commemorate; commemorative. Bp. Hooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Commenced p. pr. & vb. n. Commencing. ] [ F. commencer, OF. comencier, fr. L. com- + initiare to begin. See Initiate. ] 1. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here the anthem doth commence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His heaven commences ere the world be past. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To begin to be, or to act as. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We commence judges ourselves. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To take a degree at a university. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I question whether the formality of commencing was used in that age. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many a wooer doth commence his suit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is the practice of good writers to use the verbal noun (instead of the infinitive with to) after commence; as, he commenced studying, not he commenced to study. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. commencement. ] 1. The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start. [ 1913 Webster ]

The time of Henry VII. . . . nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed “modern history.” Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Commendation; praise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Speak in his just commend. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Compliments; greetings. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Hearty commends and much endeared love to you. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commended; p. pr. & vb. n. Commending. ] [ L. commendare; com- + mandare to intrust to one's charge, enjoin, command. Cf. Command, Mandate. ] 1. To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation. [ 1913 Webster ]

His eye commends the leading to his hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. Luke xxiii. 46. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention. [ 1913 Webster ]

Among the objects of knowledge, two especially commend themselves to our contemplation. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

I commend unto you Phebe our sister. Rom. xvi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act. [ 1913 Webster ]

Historians commend Alexander for weeping when he read the actions of Achilles. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Commend me to my brother. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Formerly accented on the first syllable.) [ L. commendabilis. ] Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but commendable. Bacon.

-- Com*mend"a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mend"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]