Comply

/kəmˈplaɪ/ · verb

Meaning

To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform..

Definitions by Sense

1. To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
2. (archaic) To accomplish, to fulfil.
3. (archaic) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
4. (archaic) To enfold; to embrace.

Example Sentences

comply with rules

comply fully

failure to comply

All workers must comply with safety regulations.

He refused to comply with their demands.

Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law.

He that complies againſt his Will / Is of his own opinion ſtill, / Which he may adhere to, yet diſown, / For Reaſons to himſelf beſt known, […]

That the generality of the Philoſophers and wiſe men of all Nations and Ages, did diſſent from the multitude in theſe things. They believed but one Supreme Deity, which with reſpect to the various benefits men received from him, had ſeveral titles beſtowed upon him. And although they did ſervilely comply with the people in worſhipping God by ſenſible images and repreſentations, yet it appears by their writings that they deſpiſed this way of worſhip as ſuperſtitous and unſuitable to the nature of God.

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• complies
• complying
• complied

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