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Comply
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To fulfill; to accomplish. [Obs.] Chapman.
2. To infold; to embrace. [Obs.] Seemed to comply, Cloudlike, the daintie deitie. Herrick.