COMPLY
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Com*ply" (kŏm*pl&ī;"), 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.
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Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply,
Scandalous or forbidden in our law.
Milton.
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They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images.
Tillotson.
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He that complies against his will
Is of his own opinion still.
Hudibras.
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2. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. [Obs.] Shak.
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Com*ply", v. t. [See comply, v. i.] 1. To fulfill; to accomplish. [Obs.] Chapman.
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2. [Cf. L. complicare to fold up. See Ply.] To infold; to embrace. [Obs.]
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Seemed to comply,
Cloudlike, the daintie deitie.
Herrick.
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