'Complying' definitions:
Definition of 'Complying'
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]