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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: complying adj : happy to comply [syn: {obliging}, {yielding}]
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