'Comply' definitions:
Definition of 'comply'
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Definition of 'Comply'
From: GCIDE
- Comply \Com*ply"\, v. t. [See comply, v. i.]
- 1. To fulfill; to accomplish. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Cf. L. complicare to fold up. See Ply.] To infold; to embrace. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Seemed to comply, Cloudlike, the daintie deitie. --Herrick. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Comply'
From: GCIDE
- Comply \Com*ply"\ (k[o^]m*pl[imac]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Complied; p. pr. & vb. n. Complying.] [Perh. formed fr. compliment, influenced by ply, pliant, which are of different origin: cf. It. complire to compliment, finish, suit. See Compliment, Complete.]
- 1. To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with. [1913 Webster]
- Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply, Scandalous or forbidden in our law. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion still. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'comply'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abide by,
- accede,
- accept,
- acclaim,
- accommodate,
- accommodate with,
- accord,
- acquiesce,
- acquiesce in,
- act up to,
- adapt,
- adapt to,
- adhere to,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- agree,
- agree to,
- agree with,
- applaud,
- assent,
- assimilate to,
- attend to,
- attend to orders,
- be agreeable,
- be faithful to,
- be guided by,
- be persuaded,
- bend,
- buy,
- cheer,
- chime in with,
- come around,
- come over,
- come round,
- come to,
- comply with,
- compose,
- concur,
- conform,
- conform to,
- consent,
- correct,
- correspond,
- defer to,
- discipline,
- do justice to,
- face the music,
- fall in with,
- fill,
- fit,
- follow,
- follow the book,
- fulfill,
- gear to,
- give the nod,
- go along with,
- go by,
- hail,
- harken to,
- harmonize,
- heed,
- hold by,
- hold with,
- in toto,
- keep,
- keep faith with,
- knock under,
- knuckle down,
- knuckle under,
- listen to,
- live up to,
- live with it,
- make conform,
- make good,
- mark,
- meet,
- mind,
- mold,
- nod,
- nod assent,
- not resist,
- obey,
- obey the rules,
- observe,
- receive,
- reconcile,
- rectify,
- regard,
- relent,
- resign,
- respect,
- rub off corners,
- satisfy,
- settle,
- shape,
- stay in line,
- straighten,
- submit,
- subscribe to,
- succumb,
- suit,
- swallow it,
- swallow the pill,
- take,
- take it,
- take kindly to,
- take orders,
- tally with,
- toe the line,
- vote for,
- welcome,
- yes,
- yield,
- yield assent