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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

comply
     v : act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;
         "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or
         else!" "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"
         [syn: follow, abide by]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Comply \Com*ply"\, v. 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.
Comply \Com*ply"\, v. t. [See comply, v. 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.