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comply
 
SYLLABICATION:com·ply
PRONUNCIATION:  km-pl
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: com·plied, com·ply·ing, com·plies
1. To act in accordance with another's command, request, rule, or wish: The patient complied with the physician's orders. 2. Obsolete To be courteous or obedient.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English complien, to carry out, fulfill, from Old French complir, from Latin complre. See complete.
 
 
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