accommodation 
tion, we discern anil trace also in tin- ii<'rr>niinrl(tHon of 
the individual to his social surroundings and in the con- 
sequent modification of his character. 
Ma minify, Body and Will, ]>. !M>. 
Many of these quotations were probably intended as 
nothing more than accommodations. Palcy. 
(b) Adjustment of differences ; reconciliation, as of parties 
in dispute. 
The conformity and analogy of which I speak . . . has 
a strong tendency to facilitate accommodation, and to pro- 
duce a generous oblivion of the rancour of their quarrels. 
l',ini,c. On a Kcuicide Peace, i. 
To come to terms of accommodation.. Macaulay. 
(c) Convenience ; the supplying of a want ; aid. 
.St. James's Church had recently been opened for the 
accommodation of the inhabitants of this new quai'ter. 
Macaulay, Hist. Kng., iii. 
2. The state of being accommodated ; fitness ; 
state of adaptation : followed by to, sometimes 
by with. 
The organization of the body with accommodation to its 
functions. Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind, p. 53. 
Socinus' main design . . . was to bring all the mysteries 
of Christianity to a full accommodation until the general 
notions of man's reason. South, Works, V. iii. 
3. Anything which supplies a want, as in re- 
spect of ease, refreshment, and the like ; any- 
thing furnished for use ; a convenience : chiefly 
applied to lodgings: as, accommodation for man 
and beast : often used in the plural. 
They probably thought of the coach with some contempt, 
as an accommodation for people who had not their own 
gigs. George Eliot, Felix Holt, iv. 
Outside of the larger cities on the Continent you can 
get as wretched accommodation* as you couid desire for 
an enemy. T. B. Aldrich, Ponkapog to Pesth, p. 65. 
Specifically 4. (a) In com., pecuniary aid in 
an emergency ; a loan of money, either directly 
or by becoming security for the repayment of a 
sum advanced by another, as by a banker. (6) 
Inphysiol., the automatic adjustment of the eye, 
or its power of adjusting itself to distinct vision 
at different distances, or of the ear to higher or 
lower tones. In the eye accommodation is effected by 
an alteration of the convexity of the crystalline lens (which 
see), and in the ear by an increased tension of the tympanic 
membrane for higher tones. Accommodation bill or 
note, paper, or indorsement, a bill of exchange or 
note, etc., drawn, accepted, or indorsed by one or more 
parties to enable another or others to obtain credit by 
or raise money on it, and not given like business paper in 
payment of a debt, but merely intended to accommodate 
the drawer : colloquially called in Scotland a wind-bill, 
and in England a kite. Accommodation cramp. See 
cramp. Accommodation ladder, a stairway fixed on 
Accommodation Ladder. 
the outside of a ship at the gangway, to facilitate ascending 
from or descending to boats. Accommodation lands 
or land. (<t) Lands bought by a builder or speculator, who 
erects houses upon them and then leases portions of them 
upon an improved ground-rent. [Eng. ] (d) Land acquired 
for the purpose of being added to other land for its im- 
provement. Rapalje and Lawrence. Accommodation 
road, a road constructed to give access to a particular piece 
of laud. Jiapalje and Lawrence. [Eng. ] Accommodation 
train, a railway-train which stops at all or nearly all the 
stations on the road : called in Great Britain a parliamen- 
tary train: opposed to expresi-train. Accommodation 
works, works which an English railway company is re- 
quired by 8 and 9 Viet. xx. to make and maintain for the 
accommodation of the owners and occupiers of land ad- 
joining the railway, as gates, bridges, culverts, fences, etc. 
accommodative (a-kom'o-da-tiv), a. [(ac- 
commodate + -ice ; "= It. accomodativo.] Dis- 
posed or tending to accommodate, or to be 
accommodating ; adaptive. 
The strength of the infective qualities of these organ- 
isms may be greatly increased by an accommodative cvi}- 
tare. Pop. Sci. Mo., XX. 425. 
accommodativeness (a-kom'o-da-tiv-nes), n. 
The quality of being accommodative. 
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accommodator (a-kom'o-da-tor), . [=Sp. 
iimiiiorltiilof, < L. as if * aecommotlator : see ac- 
I'oiiniiodalc, c. ] One who or that which accom- 
modates or adjusts. 
accommodet (ak-o-mod'), r. t. [< F. accom- 
moder = It. accomodare, < L. accommodare : see 
acconii<Hlitte.~\ To accommodate. [Bare.] 
accompanablet (a-kum'pa-na-bl), a. [Also ac- 
i'oniiHiiii(tl)lc ; < F. acconijHif/nftble, "sociable, 
easie to be conversed with" (Cotgrave), < ac- 
fomjHKjiicr + -able : see accompany.] Sociable. 
Nir P. Sidney. 
accompanier (a-kum'pa-ni-er), . One who or 
that which accompanies. [Bare.] 
Dear, cracked spinnet of dearer Louisa ! Without men- 
tion of mine, be dumb, thou thin accompanier of her thin- 
ner warble! Lamb, Elia. 
accompaniment (a-kum'pa-ni-ment), . [< ac- 
company, q. v., + -meiit; after F. accompagnc- 
ment, OF. acompaignement = Sp. acompaila- 
miento = Pg. acompanhamento = It. accompa- 
gnamento."] Something that attends another 
as a circumstance; something incidental or 
added to the principal thing as a concomitant, 
by way of ornament, for the sake of symmetry, 
or the like. 
Elaboration of some one organ may be a necessary ac- 
companiment of Degeneration in all the others. 
E. R. Lankester, Degeneration, p. 32. 
Specifically (a) In music, the subordinate part or parts 
added to a solo or concerted composition to enhance the 
effect, and also, if it be a vocal composition, to sustain 
the voices and keep them true to the pitch. The accom- 
paniment may be given to one or more instruments, or to 
a chorus of voices. Instead of writing accompaniments 
in full, as is now done, the older composers were accus- 
tomed merely to indicate the harmonies to be employed 
by means of a figured bass, which could be performed in 
a great variety of ways, more or less elaborate, according 
to the musical knowledge, taste, and skill of the execu- 
tant. (It) In painting, an object accessory to the principal 
object, and serving for its ornament or illustration : gen- 
erally termed .an accessory (which see), (c) In her., any- 
thing added to a shield by way of ornament, as the belt, 
mantling, supporters, etc. Accompaniment of the 
scale, in music, the harmony assigned to the series of 
notes forming the diatonic scale, ascending and descend- 
ing. Additional accompaniments, parts of a musical 
composition not written by the original composer, but 
added by another: as, Mozart's additional accompani- 
ments to Handel's "Messiah." Such additions are justified 
in most cases on the ground that some instruments have 
become obsolete, others have been invented, and the con- 
stitution of the orchestra has been much changed since 
the time of the original composer. 
accompanist (a-kum'pa-nist), n. In music, one 
who plays an accompaniment. 
accompany (a-kum'pa-ni), v. ; pret. and pp. ac- 
companied, ppr. accompanying. [<OF. acom- 
paignier, acompaigner (F. accompagner = Sp. 
acompailar = Pg. acompanliar = It. accompa- 
gnare), associate with, < a- (L. ad), to, with, + 
compaignier, campaigner, aompagner, associate, 
(compaignie, cumpanie, company : see company.'] 
1. trans. 1 . To be or exist in company with ; 
be joined in association or combination ; con- 
stitute an adjunct or concomitant to : as, thun- 
der accompanies lightning; an insult accom- 
panied by or with a blow ; the President's mes- 
sage and accompanying documents. 
The still night . . . with black air 
Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. 
Milton, P. L., x. 848. 
There is reason to believe that different diseases can so 
accompany each other as to be united in the same indi- 
vidual. Buckle, Hist. Civilization, II. 569. 
2. To keep company with; be associated in 
intimacy or companionship ; act as companion 
to. [Now rare or obsolete.] 
Harry, I do not only marvel where thou spendest thy 
time, but also how thou art accompanied. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 
Although alone, 
Best with thyself accompanied. 
Milton, P. L.,viii. 428. 
3. To go along or in company with; attend or 
join in movement or action : as, to accompany 
a friend on a walk or journey; men-of-war 
formerly accompanied fleets of merchant ships ; 
he was everywhere accompanied by (not with) 
his dog. 
They accompanied him unto the ship. Acts xx. 38. 
4. To put in company (with) ; cause to be or 
go along (with) ; combine ; associate : as, to ac- 
company a remark with (not by) a bow ; he ac- 
companied his speech with rapid gestures. 5. 
In music, to play or sing an accompaniment to 
or for: as, he accompanied her on the piano. 
6f. To cohabit with. 
The phasma . . . accompanies her, at least as she 
imagines. Sir T. Herbert, Travels, p. 374. 
= Syn. To attend, escort, wait on, go with, convoy, be 
associated with, coexist. 
accomplish 
II. intrans. If. To be a companion or asso- 
ciate: as, to accompany witli others. 2. To 
cohabit. [Rare.] 
The king . . . loved her, and accompanied with her only, 
till he married Klfrida. Milton, Hist. Eng., v. 
3. In music, to perform the accompaniment 
in a composition ; especially, to perform the in- 
strumental part of a mixed vocal and instru- 
mental piece. 
accompanyist (a-kum'pa-ni-ist), n. An accom- 
panist. [Bare.] 
From which post he soon advanced to that of accom- 
panyixt at the same theatre. Grove, Diet. Music, I. 28. 
accorupasst (a-kum'pas), v. t. To achieve; 
effect ; bring about. 
The remotion of two such impediments is not commonly 
accompass'd by one head-piece. 
Dp. Hacket, Life of Abp. Williams, i. 42. 
accompletive (a-kom'ple-tiv), a. Disposed or 
tending to accomplish or fulfil. [Bare.] 
accomplice (a-kom'plis), w. [An extension 
(due perhaps to a supposed connection with ac- 
complish or accompany), by prefixing ac-, of the 
older form complice, in same sense, < F. com- 
plice, an associate, particularly in crime, < L. 
complicem, ace. of complex, adj., confederate, 
participant, < complicate, fold together, < com-, 
together, + plicare, fold : see complex and com- 
plicate.] 1. A partner or cooperator : not in 
a bad sense. 
Success nnto our valiant general, 
And happiness to his accomplices I 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 2. 
One fellow standing at the beginning of a century, and 
stretching out his hand as an accomplice towards another 
fellow standing at the end of it, without either having 
known of the other's existence. 
DC Quincey, Secret Societies, i. 
More commonly 2. An associate in a crime ; 
a partner or partaker in guilt. Technically, in law, 
any participator in an offense, whether as principal or as 
accessory : sometimes used of accessories only, in contra- 
distinction to principals. It is followed by of or unth be- 
fore a person, and in or of before the crime : as, A was 
an accomplice with B in the murder of C. 
Thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason. 
Johnson, Irene, v. 1. 
He is ... an accomplice if he is intimately bound up in 
the project and responsibility of the schemes as a prime 
mover. C. J. Smith, Synonyms, p. 7. 
Sometimes used with to before a thing. 
We free-statesmen, as accomplices to the guilt [of slavery, 
are] ever in the power of the grand offender. 
Emerson, Misc., p. 245. 
= Syn. Abettor, accessory (see the definitions of these 
words), coadjutor, assistant, ally, confederate, associate. 
accompliceship (a-kom'plis-ship), n. Accom- 
plicity. Sir M. Taylor. [Bare.] 
accomplicity (ak-om-plis'i-ti), n. [< accomplice 
+ -ity, after complicity.'] The state of being 
an accomplice ; criminal assistance. Quarterly 
Rev. [Bare.] 
accomplish (a-kom'plish), v. t. [< ME. acom- 
plissen, < OF. acompliss-, stem of certain parts 
of acomplir, F. accomplir, complete) < a- (L. 
ad), to, + complir, < L. complere, complete : see 
complete, v."] 1. To complete; finish; reach 
the end of ; bring to pass ; actually do : as, he 
works hard, but accomplishes nothing. 
And while she [Nature] does accomplish all the spring, 
Birds to her secret operations sing. Sir W. Davenant. 
To accomplish anything excellent, the will must work 
for catholic and universal ends. Emerson, Civilization. 
2. To bring about by performance or realiza- 
tion ; execute ; carry out ; fulfil : as, to accom- 
plish a vow, promise, purpose, or prophecy. 
Thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. Ezek. vi. 12. 
This that is written must yet be accomplished in me. 
Luke xxii. 37. 
Hence 3f. To gain ; obtain as the result of 
exertion. 
To accomplish twenty golden crowns. 
SA*.,3Hen. VI., iii. 2. 
4. To make complete by furnishing what is 
wanting : as (a\) To equip or provide with 
material things. 
The armourers, accomplishing the knights. 
Shak., Hen. V., iv. (cho.). 
It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to 
which Providence did appoint it. 
Bp. mUcitu, Math. Works, i. 
(b) To equip or furnish mentally; fit by educa- 
tion or training. 
His lady is open, chatty, fond of her children, and anx- 
ious to accomplish them. Mme. D'Arblay, Diary, vi. 202. 
I can still less pause . . . even to enumerate the suc- 
cession of influences . . . which had . . . accomplished 
them for their great work there and here. 
7(. Choate, Addresses, p. 82. 
=Syn. 1 and 2. Krecnte, Achieve, etc. (see perform), com- 
plete, finish, consummate, succeed in, work out, fulfil, 
realize, bring to pass, end. 
