Comply
[kəm'plaɪ]
Definition
(verb.) 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'.
Typist: Stanley--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with.
(v. i.) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
(v. i.) To fulfill; to accomplish.
(v. i.) To infold; to embrace.
Editor: Percival
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See YIELD]
Inputed by Alisa
Definition
v.i. to yield to the wishes of another: to agree or consent to (with):—pr.p. comply′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. complied′.—n. Complī′er one who complies.—p.adj. Comply′ing compliant.
Edited by Andrea
Examples
- I had always been his favorite among the younger generation of Carters and so I hastened to comply with his demand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- You don't comply with the conditions if you budge from the office during that time. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Nevertheless, in her new humiliating uncertainty she dared do nothing but comply. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I could do nothing but comply, and I entered it in silence. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- With one voice they refused to comply. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My tone and manner left him no alternative but to comply with my requeSt. He looked at the servant, and pointed peevishly to a chair at his side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You must comply with it--take off those boots you wear, and draw on these of mine. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr. Pickwick complied. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And may I ask-- said Elizabeth; but the terms, I suppose, must be complied with. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He complied as to the chair, but appeared to find the speaking on less easy. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mrs. Sparsit complied, and assumed her old position at table. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She hesitated, lingered, but complied. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Wondering, and of my wonder finding no end, I complied. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There never was a request made, that I am aware of, either of the flag-officer or any of his subordinates, that was not promptly complied with. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United States. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If you do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the rules is very easy. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mrs. Price was greatly obliged and very complying. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She could not be complying, she dreaded being quarrelsome; her heroism reached only to silence. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Young folks in their situation should be excused complying with the common forms. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- For a time, I thought that, by watching a complying moment, fostering the still warm ashes, I might relume in her the flame of love. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mr Rugg complying to the letter, Mr Pancks came forth snorting and blowing to some purpose, and dried himself on his handkerchief. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mademoiselle complies, saying in a concentrated voice while that something in her cheek beats fast and hard, You are a devil. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Vainly endeavouring to moisten those dry lips, with a painful sound she struggles with herself and complies. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Not to be behindhand in the sociality of the evening, he complies and gives them Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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