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comply
/kəmˈplaɪ/
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What does comply mean?
verb
- To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
More meanings (3)
verb
- (archaic) To accomplish, to fulfil.
- (archaic) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
- (archaic) To enfold; to embrace.
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IPA pronunciation
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With this request, however, though enforced by frequent and urgent solicitations, the captain, according to his usual wisdom, refused to comply.
The only competitor who completed the full distance was C. P. Rogers, who was disqualified through failing to comply with the time limit.
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For a young woman to weigh with her lover, foretells that he will be ready at all times to comply with her demands.
So soon the life that was about me had made its impress, and already I desired intensely to comply with all of its demands.
Here was the very man to comply with the requirements of the de Lamottes, and such a pleasing, ready, accommodating gentleman into the bargain!