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Conform
//kənˈfɔːm// verb
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Verb
- 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 adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions wordnet
- 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 be similar, be in line with wordnet
- 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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