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Found 4 hits - Term: comply, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
comply \comply"\, 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
see also:
comply ply 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
comply \comply"\ ko^mplimac", 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
see also:
complied complying compliment complete 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
comply
     v : act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;
         "he complied with my instructions"; "you must comply or
         else"; "follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"
         syn: follow, abide by
     also: complied
see also:
follow abide by complied 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
114 moby thesaurus words for "comply":
   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





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