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1. (v.i.) comply
to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, or conditions (often fol. by with):
to comply with regulations.
2. comply
Obs. to be courteous or conciliatory.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < It complire < Sp cumplir (see compliment ) to fulfill, accomplish &indirdesc; L complēre; see complete)
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1. (verb) comply, follow, abide by
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"
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1. (verb) comply
to obey a rule
You must comply with the laws.; They ordered him to do it, and he complied.
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1. (verb) comply
to yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with
2. (verb) comply
to be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments
3. (verb) comply
to fulfill; to accomplish
4. (verb) comply
to infold; to embrace
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Sense: to act in the way that someone else has commanded or wished
You must comply (with her wishes).
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 Afrikaans: gevolg gee aan, inwillig, |
 Arabic: يَمْتَثِل، يُطيع، يَسْتَج |
 Bulgarian: подчинявам се |
 Brazilian: acatar |
 Czech: vyhovět |
 German: erfüllen |
 Danish: rette sig efter; efterkom |
 Greek: συμμορφώνομαι προς |
 Spanish: obedecer |
 Estonian: vastu tulema |
 Farsi: پیروی کردن |
 Finnish: noudattaa |
 French: se soumettre (à) |
 Hebrew: לְצָייֵת |
 Hindi: अनुपालन करना |
 Croatian: udovoljiti molbi, ispunit |
 Hungarian: teljesít (parancsot stb.) |
 Indonesian: mematuhi |
 Icelandic: fara eftir, fylgja |
 Italian: accondiscendere |
 Japanese: 応じる |
 Korean: 준수하다 |
 Lithuanian: paklusti, paisyti |
 Latvian: piekāpties; pakļauties (l |
 Malay: patuh |
 Dutch: zich schikken |
 Norwegian: føye seg, gi seg, etterko |
 Polish: stosować się |
 Persian: پیروی کردن |
 Pashto: موافق كېدل، منل تسليمېدل |
 Portuguese: acatar |
 Romanian: a se supune |
 Russian: уступать |
 Slovak: vyhovieť |
 Slovenian: podrediti se |
 Serbian: povinovati se |
 Swedish: lyda, gå med på |
 Thai: เชื่อฟัง |
 Turkish: uymak |
 Taiwanese: 遵守，服從 |
 Ukrainian: поступатися; погоджуватис |
 Urdu: تعمیل کرنا |
 Vietnamese: tuân theo |
 Chinese: 遵照 |
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