单词 | to comply with |
释义 | > as lemmasto comply with a. intransitive. to comply with: to accommodate, suit, adapt, or conform oneself to (circumstances, occasion, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > act in accordance with [verb (transitive)] humour1598 to comply with1641 1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie iii. vii. 106 I doe most humbly yeeld up my selfe, to comply with the ranke and quality in which I am by thy royall appointment. 1649 O. Cromwell Lett. lxvii. 19 July Let me know wherein I may comply with your occasions and mind. c1660 E. Waller To King on his Return in Poems The rising sun complies with our weak sight..As tho' He knew what harm his hasty beams would do. 1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §120 Happy are they who meet with civil People, who will comply with their Ignorance, and help them to get out of it. to comply with ΘΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] suit1431 queemc1540 fita1586 sort1587 suit1600 to level (a person or thing) with (now rare), to, unto1603 to comply with1626 opportunea1634 commodiate1641 commode1655 lend1854 1626 T. Aylesbury Passion Serm. 20 How could it comply with Gods Sonne to be subjected to that vengeance which was prepared for devills! 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. ii. 76 Such movable habitations [sc. tents] comply best with military men. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Mddx. 176 The soile..well complied with the nature of this Plant. 1682 H. More Annot. Lux Orientalis 48 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. If the Preexistence of souls comply with the Wisdom, Justice and Holiness of God. to comply with ΚΠ 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory i. i. 25 It is too costly a Medicin for Horses of small Value, but to those of a high Price, it may be comply'd with to extraordinary good Purpose in the Mange. < as lemmas |
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