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Webster 1913 Edition
Compliant
Com-pli′ant
,Adj.
Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.
“The compliant boughs.” Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Compliant
COMPLIANT
, a.1.
Yielding, bending; as the compliant boughs. [See Pliant, which is generally used.]2.
Yielding to request or desire; civil; obliging.