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comply

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/kəmˈplaɪ/

Definition of comply

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
    “comply with rules”
    “comply fully”
    “failure to comply”
    “All workers must comply with safety regulations.”
    “He refused to comply with their demands.”
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verb

  1. To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
    “comply with rules”
    “comply fully”
    “failure to comply”
    “All workers must comply with safety regulations.”
    “He refused to comply with their demands.”
  2. (archaic)To accomplish, to fulfil.
    “Gentle Abrahen, I / am griev'd my power cannot comply my promiſe: / my Father's ſo averſe from granting my / requeſt concerning thee, that with angrie frowns / he did expreſs rather a paſſionate rage, / then a refuſall civil, or accuſtom'd / to his indulgent diſpoſition.”
  3. (archaic)To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
    “[Y]our hands come then, th’appurtenance of welcome is faſhion and ceremonie; let mee comply with you in this garb, let me^([sic – meaning lest my]) extent to the players, which I tell you muſt ſhowe fairely outwards, ſhould more appeare like entertainment than yours: […]”
  4. (archaic)To enfold; to embrace.
    “And then a rug of carded wooll, / Which, spunge-like, drinking in the dull / Light of the moon, seem'd to comply, / Cloud-like, the daintie deitie.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Italian complire, Catalan complir (“to complete, fulfil; to carry out”), Spanish cumplir (“to complete, fulfil”), (alternatively from Old French compli), from Latin complēre, from compleō (“to finish, complete; to…

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From Italian complire, Catalan complir (“to complete, fulfil; to carry out”), Spanish cumplir (“to complete, fulfil”), (alternatively from Old French compli), from Latin complēre, from compleō (“to finish, complete; to fulfil”), from com- (prefix indicating completeness of an act) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near; by, with”)) + pleō (“to fill; to fulfil”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The word is very close to the French verb complaire which means to satisfy or to please. The word is also cognate with Old French complir (“to accomplish, complete; to do”) (modern French accomplir (“to accomplish, achieve”)). Compare complete, compliment.

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