| 单词 |
commodate |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † commodate, v. Obs.
[f. L. commodāt- ppl. stem of commodā-re: see commode v.]
1. trans. To put in order, adjust, arrange.
1594Parsons Confer. Success. ii. viii. 158 She..may therby commodate many matters, and salue many breaches.
2. To adjust, suit, accommodate to.
1656Earl of Monmouth Advt. fr. Parnass. 178 One who wisely knew how to commodate his actions to his princes genius.
3. To lend.
Hence ˈcommodating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1611R. Fenton Usury i. iv. 16 Selling, exchanging, commodating, or lending. 1887Daily Tel. 2 June 5/2 The accommodating—or, to put it in Latinity more correct than that of the Statute, the ‘commodating’—Librarian.
▪ II. commodate, n.|ˈkɒmədət|
[ad. L. commodāt-um loan, neut. of commodāt-us, pa. pple. of commodā-re to accommodate, lend: cf. Fr. commodat.]
Rom. Law. A free loan of anything not perishable, to be returned unimpaired to the lender.
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v., A commodate..is gratis, and does not transfer the property..Things which consume by use, or time, cannot be objects of a commodate. 1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 286 Commodate..In this sort of loan, the property continues with the lender; the only right the borrower acquires in the subject is its use, after which he must restore the individual thing. 1818Colebrooke Oblig. & Contracts I. 75 In the case of commodate or loan for use. 1880Muirhead tr. Instit. Gaius iii. §90. |
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