COMPLIED

COMPLY

comply, follow, abide by

(verb) act in accordance with someone’s rules, commands, or wishes; “He complied with my instructions”; “You must comply or else!”; “Follow these simple rules”; “abide by the rules”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

complied

simple past tense and past participle of comply

Anagrams

• compiled

Source: Wiktionary


COMPLY

Com*ply", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Complied; p. pr. & vb. n. Complying.] Etym: [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.

Com*ply", v. t. Etym: [See comply, v. i.]

1. To fulfill; to accomplish. [Obs.] Chapman.

2. Etym: [Cf. L. complicare to fold up. See Ply.]

Definition: To infold; to embrace. [Obs.] Seemed to comply, Cloudlike, the daintie deitie. Herrick.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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