Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- intransitive v. To act in accordance with another's command, request, rule, or wish: The patient complied with the physician's orders.
- intransitive v. Obsolete To be courteous or obedient.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform;
- v. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
- v. To fulfill; to accomplish.
- v. To enfold; to embrace.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- intransitive v. To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with.
- intransitive v. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
- transitive v. To fulfill; to accomplish.
- transitive v. To infold; to embrace.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To fulfil; perform or execute.
- To caress; embrace; encircle.
- To act in accordance with another's will or desire; yield in agreement or compliance: as, to comply with a command or request.
- To accommodate itself; accord; fit; conform: said of things.
- To be courteous, complaisant, or conciliatory.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Examples
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Pink, a father of three, expressed his dissatisfaction with the current model for education and what he refers to as a "comply or defy" environment.
Shawna Vercher: Bestselling Author Speaks Out About America's 'Comply or Defy' School System
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Companies that use this label comply with the nonprofit group's sustainability requirements for construction.
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Instead, merely attempting to comply is very expensive, causing many people rationally to pay off the books.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Josh Wright on Behavioral Economics in the Obama Administration:
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In some States, refusal to comply is itself resisting arrest without violence.
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Unlike not wearing a headscarf, or sitting too close to someone of the opposite sex in public, failure to comply is not punishable by government.
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Still, getting the cheaper and more recalcitrant companies to comply is a good thing.
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One of the biggest places they need to comply is hiring real live human beings, people who have a little bit of compassion on people when the need help.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Runaway ADA Lawsuits – and My Proposal
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The program's nutritional criteria are based on the U.S. government's Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the labels comply with all U.S. laws and regulations.
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I’m sure the laws in those cases will be upheld, but the penalty for failure to comply is likely to be limited to something short of lifelong ban.
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If NATO forces refuse to comply, which is likely, it will once again be clear who is really in charge in Afghanistan, and who, on the other hand, is providing less and less respectable cover for an army of occupation and its "non-military" agents. posted by Dr. Dawg at 12: 04 PM
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