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com⋅ply

  [kuhm-plahy]
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–verb (used without object), -plied, -ply⋅ing.
1. to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes fol. by with): They asked him to leave and he complied. She has complied with the requirements.
2. Obsolete. to be courteous or conciliatory.
Origin:
1595–1605; < It complire < Sp cumplir (see compliment ) to fulfill, accomplish < L complēre, equiv. to com- com- + plē- fill + -re inf. suffix

Synonyms:
1. acquiesce, yield, conform, obey, consent, assent.

Antonyms:
1. refuse, resist.
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com·ply   (kəm-plī')   
intr.v.   com·plied, com·ply·ing, com·plies

  1. To act in accordance with another's command, request, rule, or wish: The patient complied with the physician's orders.

  2. Obsolete To be courteous or obedient.


[Middle English complien, to carry out, fulfill, from Old French complir, from Latin complēre; see complete.]
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Word Origin & History

comply 
early 14c., from O.Fr. compli, pp. of complir, from L. complere "to fill up" (see complete). Meaning infl. by ply. Originally "to fulfill, carry out," sense of "consent" began c.1600 and may have been a reintroduction from It., where complire had come to mean "satisfy by 'filling up' the forms of courtesy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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