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"etymology_text": "From Italian complire, Catalan complir (“to complete, fulfil; to carry out”), Spanish cumplir (“to complete, fulfil”), (alternatively from Old French compli), from Latin complēre, from compleō (“to finish, complete; to fulfil”), from com- (prefix indicating completeness of an act) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near; by, with”)) + pleō (“to fill; to fulfil”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)).\nThe word is very close to the French verb complaire which means to satisfy or to please. The word is also cognate with Old French complir (“to accomplish, complete; to do”) (modern French accomplir (“to accomplish, achieve”)). Compare complete, compliment.",
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"word": "violate"
}
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"ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, London: John Lane, →OCLC, →OL",
"text": "But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform."
],
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"word": "give way"
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"word": "accede"
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"roman": "sǎglasjavam se",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "съгласявам се"
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"roman": "sǎobrazjavam se",
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"word": "съобразявам се"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zūnshǒu",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "遵守"
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"word": "myöntyä"
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"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "se conformer"
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"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "respecter"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "einwilligen"
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"_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "sich fügen"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "na'aná",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "נענה"
},
{
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "konformigar su"
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"_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "concordare"
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"_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
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"roman": "shitagau",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "従う"
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"_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
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"roman": "ōjiru",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "応じる"
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"_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
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"roman": "mamoru",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "守る"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "ū"
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"code": "pt",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
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"_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "assentir (a)"
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"_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "aquiescer (a)"
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"note": "cumprir (with a rule; no preposition)",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree"
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"_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "se supune"
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{
"_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
"code": "ru",
"english": "obey",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podčinjátʹsja",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "подчиня́ться"
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"roman": "soglašátʹsja",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "соглаша́ться"
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"_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
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"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "gèill"
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"_dis1": "97 1 0 2",
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"ref": "1654, attributed to George Chapman, now believed to be by Henry Glapthorne, Revenge for Honour. A Tragedie, London: Printed for Richard Marriot, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, […], 1659, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 22",
"text": "Gentle Abrahen, I / am griev'd my power cannot comply my promiſe: / my Father's ſo averſe from granting my / requeſt concerning thee, that with angrie frowns / he did expreſs rather a paſſionate rage, / then a refuſall civil, or accuſtom'd / to his indulgent diſpoſition.",
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"To accomplish, to fulfil."
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"(archaic) To accomplish, to fulfil."
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"sense": "to accomplish, fulfil",
"word": "yerinə yetirmək"
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"roman": "izpǎlnjavam",
"sense": "to accomplish, fulfil",
"word": "изпълнявам"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to accomplish, fulfil",
"word": "voldoen"
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"sense": "to accomplish, fulfil",
"word": "attuare"
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"sense": "to accomplish, fulfil",
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"To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments."
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"(archaic) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments."
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"ref": "1648, Robert Herrick, “Oberon’s Palace”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine of Robert Herrick Esq., London: Printed for John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC; republished in The Works of Robert Herrick, volume I, Edinburgh: Reprinted for W[illiam] and C[harles] Tait, 1823, →OCLC, page 234",
"text": "And then a rug of carded wooll, / Which, spunge-like, drinking in the dull / Light of the moon, seem'd to comply, / Cloud-like, the daintie deitie.",
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{
"word": "compliance"
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{
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"etymology_text": "From Italian complire, Catalan complir (“to complete, fulfil; to carry out”), Spanish cumplir (“to complete, fulfil”), (alternatively from Old French compli), from Latin complēre, from compleō (“to finish, complete; to fulfil”), from com- (prefix indicating completeness of an act) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near; by, with”)) + pleō (“to fill; to fulfil”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)).\nThe word is very close to the French verb complaire which means to satisfy or to please. The word is also cognate with Old French complir (“to accomplish, complete; to do”) (modern French accomplir (“to accomplish, achieve”)). Compare complete, compliment.",
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"form": "complies",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "complying",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "complied",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "complied",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "comply (third-person singular simple present complies, present participle complying, simple past and past participle complied)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"com‧ply"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "accomplish"
},
{
"word": "complete"
},
{
"word": "compliment"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "violate"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, London: John Lane, →OCLC, →OL",
"text": "But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform."
],
"links": [
[
"yield",
"yield#Verb"
],
[
"assent",
"assent#Noun"
],
[
"accord",
"accord#Verb"
],
[
"acquiesce",
"acquiesce"
],
[
"agree",
"agree"
],
[
"consent",
"consent#Verb"
],
[
"adapt",
"adapt"
],
[
"conform",
"conform"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "give way"
},
{
"word": "accede"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1654, attributed to George Chapman, now believed to be by Henry Glapthorne, Revenge for Honour. A Tragedie, London: Printed for Richard Marriot, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, […], 1659, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 22",
"text": "Gentle Abrahen, I / am griev'd my power cannot comply my promiſe: / my Father's ſo averſe from granting my / requeſt concerning thee, that with angrie frowns / he did expreſs rather a paſſionate rage, / then a refuſall civil, or accuſtom'd / to his indulgent diſpoſition.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To accomplish, to fulfil."
],
"links": [
[
"accomplish",
"accomplish"
],
[
"fulfil",
"fulfil"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) To accomplish, to fulfil."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "carry out"
},
{
"word": "consummate"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments."
],
"links": [
[
"ceremoniously",
"ceremoniously"
],
[
"courteous",
"courteous"
],
[
"compliments",
"compliment#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1648, Robert Herrick, “Oberon’s Palace”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine of Robert Herrick Esq., London: Printed for John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC; republished in The Works of Robert Herrick, volume I, Edinburgh: Reprinted for W[illiam] and C[harles] Tait, 1823, →OCLC, page 234",
"text": "And then a rug of carded wooll, / Which, spunge-like, drinking in the dull / Light of the moon, seem'd to comply, / Cloud-like, the daintie deitie.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To enfold; to embrace."
],
"links": [
[
"enfold",
"enfold"
],
[
"embrace",
"embrace#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) To enfold; to embrace."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kəmˈplaɪ/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪ"
},
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"tags": [
"General-American"
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎglasjavam se",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "съгласявам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎobrazjavam se",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "съобразявам се"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zūnshǒu",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "遵守"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "suostua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "taipua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "mukautua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "myöntyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "se conformer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "respecter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "acquiescer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "einwilligen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "sich fügen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "na'aná",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "נענה"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "konformigar su"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "concordare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "adattarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "conformarsi"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shitagau",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "従う"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōjiru",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "応じる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mamoru",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "守る"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "ū"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"english": "com",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "concordar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "assentir (a)"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "aquiescer (a)"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "cumprir (with a rule; no preposition)",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "se supune"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "obey",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podčinjátʹsja",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "подчиня́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "agree",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soglašátʹsja",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "соглаша́ться"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "gèill"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "cumplir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "acceder a"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree",
"word": "acatar"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to accomplish, fulfil",
"word": "yerinə yetirmək"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpǎlnjavam",
"sense": "to accomplish, fulfil",
"word": "изпълнявам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to accomplish, fulfil",
"word": "voldoen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to accomplish, fulfil",
"word": "attuare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to accomplish, fulfil",
"word": "cumprir"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spazvam",
"sense": "to be ceremoniously courteous",
"word": "спазвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pridǎržam se kǎm",
"sense": "to be ceremoniously courteous",
"word": "придържам се към"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be ceremoniously courteous",
"word": "cumprimentar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to enfold; to embrace",
"word": "abraçar"
}
],
"word": "comply"
}
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