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Definitions for: Comply
[v] 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: Com*ply", 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.
Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply, Scandalous
or forbidden in our law. --Milton.
They did servilely comply with the people in
worshiping God by sensible images. --Tillotson.
He that complies against his will Is of his own
opinion still. --Hudibras.
2. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
[Obs.] --Shak.
Com*ply", v. t. [See comply, v. i.]
1. To fulfill; to accomplish. [Obs.] --Chapman.
2. [Cf. L. complicare to fold up. See Ply.] To infold; to
embrace. [Obs.]
Seemed to comply, Cloudlike, the daintie deitie.
--Herrick.
Synonyms: abide by, follow
See Also: accommodate, conform to, obey, oblige, toe the line
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