Conform

//kənˈfɔːm// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative. intransitive, transitive

    "There is a worm by Phoebus bred, By leaves of mulberry is fed, Which unprovided where to dwell, Conforms itself to weave a cell."

  2. 2
    adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions wordnet
  3. 3
    To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.; To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior. intransitive, often, transitive, with-to

    "[H]e had a dispensation for conforming in outward observances to the Protestant faith."

  4. 4
    be similar, be in line with wordnet
  5. 5
    To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy. intransitive

    "In height and breadth it conformed to the prescribed measurements laid down by the rules of the contest."

Etymology

From Middle English conformen, borrowed from Middle French and Anglo-Norman conformer, from Latin conformāre (“to mould, to shape after”).

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