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verb

Conform v. t. (past & past part. conformed; pres. part. 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."

Conform v. i.

To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; with to or with. "A rule to which experience must conform."

(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."

adjective

conforming adj.

Adhering to established customs or doctrines, especially in religion, as e.g. Orthodox Judaism. (Narrower terms: orthodox (vs. unorthodox))

Synonyms: conformist.

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... incomprehensible to the Englishman who comes among us taking notes, and not the least is that no one wants his cut-and-dried schemes of reforming what we do not wish to reform. As for conforming to his method and rule by vestry and county council autocracy in a methodical manner, it is utterly at variance with the national temperament. Very often, too, the stranger falls a victim to the Irishman's love of fun, and goes back hopelessly 'spoofed' and ...

— The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent • S.M. Hussey

... From that city I travelled post, as Sir Thomas himself had often done, at a rapid rate to Antwerp. Here I took up my abode in the house of my patron's old servant, Jacob Naas, who had been left in comfortable circumstances by the liberality of his master. He had held to his former principles of conforming outwardly to the Romish faith. I talked with him for some time before he knew who I was. He then received me most cordially, and gave me the best entertainment his house could afford. He shook his head when I asked how things went on at Antwerp. "Oh! Master Verner," he said, "they ...

— The Golden Grasshopper - A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham • W.H.G. Kingston

... the spirit of Mr. Skinner's ultimatum while conforming to its literal terms, Cappy Ricks hurried home leaving his general manager a stunned and horrified man. In this instance, however, Cappy had erred in his strategy. Skinner was calm, cold-blooded, suave, politic and deferential, ...

— Cappy Ricks • Peter B. Kyne

... to walk across the heavy carpet of moss. There was no grass, but the velvet coat of green was quite similar. The trees were shaped like an inverted bowl, their branches conforming to the curve of the dome above. They were smaller than the trees of ...

— Wanted--7 Fearless Engineers! • Warner Van Lorne

... ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. Wherefore the lexicographer adviseth a striving toward the straiter [sic] resemblance of the Average Man than he hath to himself. Whoso attaineth thereto shall ...

— The Devil's Dictionary • Ambrose Bierce

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