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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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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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