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To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. J. H. Newman.

The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.

The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured. Darwin.

To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.

r inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.

Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.

To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost. [Obs.] Whether high towering or accosting low. Spenser.

To gather together; to collect. [Obs.] Spenser.

A brace used to join two or more staves.

A combining together. [R.]

That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree. [R.] I. Watts.

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

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances. "They accomodate their counsels to his inclination." Addison.

Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.

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.

That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry. Specifically: (Mus.)

To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow. The Persian dames, . . . In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. Glover. They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir P. Sidney. He was a…

Tending to accomplish. [R.]

A cooperator. [R.] Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices! Shak.