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Accommodation \Ac*com`mo*da"tion\, n. [L. accommodatio, fr.
accommodare: cf. F. accommodation.]
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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.
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2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
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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.
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4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement;
reconciliation; settlement. "To come to terms of
accommodation." --Macaulay.
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5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of
analogy, to something not originally referred to or
intended.
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Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were
probably intended as nothing more than
accommodations. --Paley.
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6. (Com.)
(a) A loan of money.
(b) An accommodation bill or note.
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{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.
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Note \Note\, n. [AS. notu use, profit.]
Need; needful business. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Note \Note\, n. [F. note, L. nota; akin to noscere, notum, to
know. See {Know}.]
1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible
sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a
characteristic quality.
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Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the
church, they have also the notes of external
profession. --Hooker.
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She [the Anglican church] has the note of
possession, the note of freedom from party
titles,the note of life -- a tough life and a
vigorous. --J. H.
Newman.
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What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive
eagerness, there was through it all ! --Mrs. Humphry
Ward.
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2. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out
something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token,
proving or giving evidence.
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3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence,
an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical,
explanatory, or illustrative observation.
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The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and
obscured with illustrations. --Felton.
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4. A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a
memorandum; a minute.
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5. pl. Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking;
memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or
the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from
notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report
of a speech or of proceedings.
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6. A short informal letter; a billet.
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7. A diplomatic missive or written communication.
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8. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and
promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand;
a negotiable note.
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9. A list of items or of charges; an account. [Obs.]
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Here is now the smith's note for shoeing. --Shak.
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10. (Mus.)
(a) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length
of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to
indicate its pitch. Hence:
(b) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
(c) A key of the piano or organ.
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The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal
note. --Milton.
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That note of revolt against the eighteenth
century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck
by Winckelmann. --W. Pater.
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11. Observation; notice; heed.
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Give orders to my servants that they take
No note at all of our being absent hence. --Shak.
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12. Notification; information; intelligence. [Obs.]
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The king . . . shall have note of this. --Shak.
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13. State of being under observation. [Obs.]
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Small matters . . . continually in use and in note.
--Bacon.
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14. Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.
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There was scarce a family of note which had not
poured out its blood on the field or the scaffold.
--Prescott.
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15. Stigma; brand; reproach. [Obs.] --Shak.
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{Note of hand}, a promissory note.
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Note \Note\ (n[=o]t), v. t. [AS. hn[imac]tan to strike against,
imp. hn[=a]t.]
To butt; to push with the horns. [Prov. Eng.]
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Note \Note\ (n[=o]t). [AS. n[=a]t; ne not w[=a]t wot. See
{Not}, and {Wot}.]
Know not; knows not. [Obs.]
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Note \Note\, n.
Nut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Noting}.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See {Note}, n.]
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1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to
attend to. --Pope.
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No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak.
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The world will little note, nor long remember, what
we say here, but it can never forget what they did
here. --Abraham
Lincoln
(Gettysburg
Address,
1863).
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2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
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Every unguarded word . . . was noted down.
--Maccaulay.
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3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing
charged); to brand. [Obs.]
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They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden.
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4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson.
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5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon.
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6. To set down in musical characters.
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{To note a bill} or {To note a draft}, to record on the back
of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest,
which is done officially by a notary.
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Raise \Raise\ (r[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raised} (r[=a]zd);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Raising}.] [OE. reisen, Icel. reisa,
causative of r[imac]sa to rise. See {Rise}, and cf. {Rear} to
raise.]
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1. To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place;
to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone
or weight. Hence, figuratively:
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(a) To bring to a higher condition or situation; to
elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase
the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to
advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate;
to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like.
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This gentleman came to be raised to great
titles. --Clarendon.
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The plate pieces of eight were raised three
pence in the piece. --Sir W.
Temple.
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(b) To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to
excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as,
to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the
spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a
furnace.
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(c) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to
raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature
of a room.
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2. To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or
posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast
or flagstaff. Hence:
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(a) To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from
a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
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They shall not awake, nor be raised out of their
sleep. --Job xiv. 12.
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(b) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult,
struggle, or war; to excite.
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He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind.
--Ps. cvii.
25.
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Aeneas . . . employs his pains,
In parts remote, to raise the Tuscan swains.
--Dryden.
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(c) To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a
spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from
death; to give life to.
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Why should it be thought a thing incredible with
you, that God should raise the dead ? --Acts
xxvi. 8.
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3. To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to
appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause,
effect, or the like. Hence, specifically:
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(a) To form by the accumulation of materials or
constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise
a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.
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I will raise forts against thee. --Isa. xxix.
3.
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(b) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get
together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise
money, troops, and the like. "To raise up a rent."
--Chaucer.
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(c) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or
propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops,
etc.; toraise cattle. "He raised sheep." "He raised
wheat where none grew before." --Johnson's Dict.
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Note: In some parts of the United States, notably in the
Southern States, raise is also commonly applied to the
rearing or bringing up of children.
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I was raised, as they say in Virginia, among the
mountains of the North. --Paulding.
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(d) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise,
come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
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I will raise them up a prophet from among their
brethren, like unto thee. --Deut. xviii.
18.
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God vouchsafes to raise another world
From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.
--Milton.
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(e) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start;
to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
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Thou shalt not raise a false report. --Ex.
xxiii. 1.
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(f) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
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Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry.
--Dryden.
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(g) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as,
to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
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4. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make
light and spongy, as bread.
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Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste.
--Spectator.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher
by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook
light.
(b) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets,
i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
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6. (Law) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that
is, to create it. --Burrill.
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{To raise a blockade} (Mil.), to remove or break up a
blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces
employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or
dispersing them.

{To raise a check}, {note}, {bill of exchange}, etc., to
increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the
writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is
specified.

{To raise a siege}, to relinquish an attempt to take a place
by besieging it, or to cause the attempt to be
relinquished.

{To raise steam}, to produce steam of a required pressure.

{To raise the wind}, to procure ready money by some temporary
expedient. [Colloq.]

{To raise Cain}, or {To raise the devil}, to cause a great
disturbance; to make great trouble. [Slang]
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Syn: To lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause;
produce; grow; heighten; aggravate; excite.
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