Verb

(head)

(conform)

Verb

(en verb)

(intransitive, of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.

* 1822 , , Peveril of the Peak , ch. 1:

[H]e had a dispensation for conforming in outward observances to the Protestant faith.

* 1839 , , The Voyage of the Beagle , ch. 4:

[B]y conforming to the dress and habits of the Gauchos, he has obtained an unbounded popularity in the country.

To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.

* 1919 , , The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit , ch. 11:

In height and breadth it conformed to the prescribed measurements laid down by the rules of the contest.

* 2006 22 Dec., " Judge Cuts Amount of Vioxx Award ," New York Times (retrieved 7 June 2011):

A judge in a Texas widow’s lawsuit over the Merck drug Vioxx reduced a $32 million jury award to about $7.75 million on Thursday so that it conformed to state law.

To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.

* , "Vanbrugh's House" in The Poems of Jonathan Swift (1910 edition):

There is a worm by Phoebus bred,

By leaves of mulberry is fed,

Which unprovided where to dwell,

Conforms itself to weave a cell.

* 1836 , , Nature , ch. 6:

The sensual man conforms' thoughts to things; the poet ' conforms things to his thoughts.

Verb

(head)

(comply)

Verb

(en-verb)

To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply , / Scandalous or forbidden in our law.

* (John Tillotson) (1630-1694)

They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images.

* 1664? , , (Hudibras)

He that complies against his will / Is of his own opinion still.

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied .}}

*

(label) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.

* 1599 , , II. ii. 371:

Let me comply with you in this / garb, lest my extent to the players, which I tell you must / show fairly outwards, should more appear like entertainment / than yours.

(label) To fulfill; to accomplish.

(Chapman)

(label) To enfold; to embrace.

* (1591-1674)

Seemed to comply , / Cloudlike, the daintie deitie.