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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Comply  \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. 




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