incommodate

English

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Etymology

First attested in 1575; borrowed from Latin incommodātus, perfect passive participle of incommodō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of incommode.

Verb

incommodate (third-person singular simple present incommodates, present participle incommodating, simple past and past participle incommodated)

1. (obsolete) To incommode, make uncomfortable.
   • 1645, Jos[eph] Hall, “Sect[ion] II. The Contrariety of Estates wherein Contentation is to be Exercised.”, in The Remedy of Discontentment: Or, A Treatise of Contentation in whatsoever Condition: […], London: […] J. G. for Nath[aniel] Brooks, […], published 1652, →OCLC, pages 6–7:

     [N]either knovv I vvhether it is more hard to manage of the tvvo, a dejected eſtate, or a proſperous, vvhether vve may be more incommodated vvith a reſty horſe, or vvith a tyred one: […]

Adjective

incommodate (comparative more incommodate, superlative most incommodate)

1. (obsolete, rare) Incommoded, inconvenienced.

References

• “incommodate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

incommodāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of incommodō