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[syn: adjust, conform, adapt]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conform \Con*form"\, a. [L. conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F.
conforme.]
Of the same form; similar in import; conformable. --Bacon.
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Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way
conform to the analogy of faith. --Bp.Hall.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conform \Con*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conformed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Conforming.] [F. conformer, L. conformare,
-formatum; con- + formare to form, forma form. See Form.]
To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into
harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto.
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Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves
unto the order of the church. --Hooker.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conform \Con*form"\, v. i.
1. To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to
submit; -- with to or with.
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A rule to which experience must conform. --Whewell.
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2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) To comply with the usages of the
Established Church; to be a conformist.
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About two thousand ministers whose consciences did
not suffer them to conform were driven from their
benefices in a day. --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
conform
v 1: be similar, be in line with [ant: depart, deviate,
diverge, vary]
2: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We
must adjust to the bad economic situation" [syn: adjust,
conform, adapt]