Obs. [ad. L. commodāre to suit, etc., f. commod-us suitable: see COMMODE a.] a. To suit. b. To fit or furnish with (something appropriate). c. To put in order, repair (cf. ACCOMMODATE 8).
1658. R. Franck, North. Mem. (1821), 68. By noon … the tide will commode us for our northern passage.
1665. J. Webb, Stone-Heng (1725), 37. Modern Architects … have thought fit to commode every Order of Columns with a proportionate Pedestal. Ibid., 53. Scamozzi was the first that commoded Columnations with Pedestals.
1765. Projects, in Ann. Reg., 170/2. It would help to preserve and commode the roads.
