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Webster 1913 Edition
Conform
Con-form′
,Adj.
[L.
conformis
; con-
+ forma
form: cf. F. conforme
.] Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.
Bacon.
Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way
conform
to the analogy of faith. Bp.Hall.
Con-form′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Conformed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Conforming
.] To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; – usually with to or unto.
Demand of them wherefore they
conform
not themselves unto the order of the church. Hooker.
Con-form′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; – with to or with.
A rule to which experience must
conform
. Whewell.
2.
(Eng. Eccl. Hist.)
To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist.
About two thousand ministers whose consciences did not suffer them to
conform
were driven from their benefices in a day. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conform
CONFORM
,Adj.
CONFORM
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make like, in external appearance; to reduce to a like shape, or form, with something else; with to; as, to conform any thing to a model.2.
More generally, to reduce to a likeness or correspondence in manners, opinions or moral qualities.For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son. Romans 8.
Be not conformed to this world. Romans 7.
3.
To make agreeable to; to square with a rule or directory. Demand of them why they conform not themselves to the order of the church?
CONFORM
, v.i.1.
To comply with or yield to; to live or act according to; as, to conform to the fashion or to custom.2.
To comply with; to obey; as, to conform to the laws of the state.Definition 2024
conform
conform
English
Verb
conform (third-person singular simple present conforms, present participle conforming, simple past and past participle conformed)
- (intransitive, of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.
- 1822, Sir Walter Scott, Peveril of the Peak, ch. 1:
- [H]e had a dispensation for conforming in outward observances to the Protestant faith.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, ch. 4:
- [B]y conforming to the dress and habits of the Gauchos, he has obtained an unbounded popularity in the country.
- 1822, Sir Walter Scott, Peveril of the Peak, ch. 1:
- (intransitive, of things, situations, etc.) To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.
- 1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit, ch. 11:
- In height and breadth it conformed to the prescribed measurements laid down by the rules of the contest.
- 2006 22 Dec., "Judge Cuts Amount of Vioxx Award ," New York Times (retrieved 7 June 2011):
- A judge in a Texas widow’s lawsuit over the Merck drug Vioxx reduced a $32 million jury award to about $7.75 million on Thursday so that it conformed to state law.
- 1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit, ch. 11:
- (transitive) To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.
- c. 1710, Jonathan Swift, "Vanbrugh's House" in The Poems of Jonathan Swift (1910 edition):
- There is a worm by Phoebus bred,
- By leaves of mulberry is fed,
- Which unprovided where to dwell,
- Conforms itself to weave a cell.
- 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, ch. 6:
- The sensual man conforms thoughts to things; the poet conforms things to his thoughts.
- c. 1710, Jonathan Swift, "Vanbrugh's House" in The Poems of Jonathan Swift (1910 edition):
Synonyms
- (to act in accordance with expectations): acquiesce, comply, go along to get along, knuckle under, submit
Related terms
Terms etymologically related to conform
Translations
to act in accordance with expectations; behave in the manner of others
to be in accordance with a set of specifications
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to make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt
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