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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;
- Example: "He complied with my instructions"
- Example: "You must comply or else!"
- Example: "Follow these simple rules"
- Example: "abide by the rules"
[syn: comply, follow, abide by]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

comply v 1: 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: comply, follow, abide by]