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In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.

To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.

extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.

An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.

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.

Suitably; fitly. [R.]

Fitness. [R.]

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

adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to. "The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions." Sir M. Hale.

He who, or that which, accommodates. Warburton.

Sociable. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

He who, or that which, accompanies. Lamb.

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.)

The performer in music who takes the accompanying part. Busby.

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.