CONFORMS

Verb

conforms

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conform

Source: Wiktionary


CONFORM

Con*form", a. [L. conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F. conforme.]

Definition: Of the same form; similar in import; conformable. Bacon.

Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way conform to the analogy of faith. Bp.Hall.

Con*form", v. i.

1. To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit;

– with to or with.

A rule to which experience must conform. Whewell.

2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist.

About two thousand ministers whose consciences did not suffer them to conform were driven from their benefices in a day. Macaulay.

Con*form", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conformed; p. pr. & vb. n. Conforming.] [F. conformer, L. conformare, -formatum; con- + formare to form, forma form. See Form.]

Definition: To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto.

Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the order of the church. Hooker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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