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Webster 1913 Edition

Comply

Com-ply′

(kŏm-plī′)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Complied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Complying
.]
[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′

,
Verb.
T.
[See
comply
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
To fulfill; to accomplish.
[Obs.]
Chapman.
2.
[Cf. L.
complicare
to fold up. See
Ply
.]
To infold; to embrace.
[Obs.]
Seemed to
comply
,
Cloudlike, the daintie deitie.
Herrick.

Webster 1828 Edition

Comply

COMPLY

, v.i.
1.
To comply with, to fulfil; to perfect or carry into effect; to complete; to perform or execute; as, to comply with a promise, with an award, with a command, with an order. So to comply with ones expectations or wishes, is to fulfil them, or complete them.
2.
To yield to; to be obsequious; to accord; to suit; followed by with; as, to comply with a mans humor.
The truth of things will not comply with or conceits.

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