Conformable
[kәn'fɒ:mәbl]
Definition
(adj.) quick to comply; 'I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable'-Shakespeare .
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Definition
(a.) Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; -- usually followed by to.
(a.) Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow direstions; submissive; compliant.
(a.) Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in contact.
Checker: Wyatt
Examples
- I pray thee be more conformable in this matter of my ransom. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Be conformable, Isaac, and repeat the words after me. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It is impossible, therefore, they can be pronounced either true or false, and be either contrary or conformable to reason. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Most fortunately all this reasoning is found to be exactly conformable to experience, and the phaenomena of the passions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Within eight days, if thou wilt be patient and conformable to my directions, replied Rebecca. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I define necessity two ways, conformable to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This definition will also be found to be entirely conformable to every one's feeling and experience. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Before we consider what they are in fact, let us determine what they ought to be, conformable to my hypothesis. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But somehow or other, when I come face to face with the women, my practice (I own) is not conformable. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Checker: Wyatt