conform

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

be similar, be in line with
adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions“We must adjust to the bad economic situation”Synonyms: adjust adapt

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Conform \Con*form"\, a. [L. conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F. conforme.] Of the same form; similar in import; conformable. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way conform to the analogy of faith. --Bp.Hall. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the order of the church. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]

Conform \Con*form"\, v. i.

1.To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; -- with to or with. [1913 Webster]

A rule to which experience must conform.— Whewell.[1913 Webster]

2.(Eng. Eccl. Hist.) To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist. [1913 Webster]

About two thousand ministers whose consciences did not suffer them to conform were driven from their benefices in a day.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]