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Webster 1913 Edition

Conform

Con-form′

,
Adj.
[L.
conformis
;
con-
+
forma
form: cf. F.
conforme
.]
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′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Conformed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Conforming
.]
[F.
conformer
, L.
conformare
,
-formatum
;
con-
+
formare
to form,
forma
form. See
Form
.]
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.

Con-form′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Conform

CONFORM

,
Adj.
[L., form.] Made to resemble; assuming the same form; like; resembling. [Little used.]

CONFORM

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to form, or shape, form.]
1.
To make like, in external appearance; to reduce to a like shape, or form, with something else; with to; as, to conform any thing to a model.
2.
More generally, to reduce to a likeness or correspondence in manners, opinions or moral qualities.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son. Romans 8.
Be not conformed to this world. Romans 7.
3.
To make agreeable to; to square with a rule or directory.
Demand of them why they conform not themselves to the order of the church?

CONFORM

, v.i.
1.
To comply with or yield to; to live or act according to; as, to conform to the fashion or to custom.
2.
To comply with; to obey; as, to conform to the laws of the state.

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