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  1. 1. v. i. To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To fulfill; to accomplish. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To infold; to embrace. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with. Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply, Scandalous or forbidden in our law. Milton. They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images. Tillotson. He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion still. Hudibras. 2. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. [Obs.] Shak. 1. To fulfill; to accomplish. [Obs.] Chapman. 2. Etym: [Cf. L. complicare to fold up. See Ply.] To infold; to embrace. [Obs.] Seemed to comply, Cloudlike, the daintie deitie. Herrick. Source: webster
  7. 7. To infold; to embrace. [Obs.]Seemed to comply, Cloudlike, the daintie deitie. Herrick. Source: adambom
  8. 8. v:100 v. act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes Source: ecdict

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