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Conformable adj.

Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; usually followed by to. "The fragments of Sappho give us a taste of her way of writing perfectly conformable with that character." "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable" "Conformable to Scripture as well as to philosophy." "To make matters somewhat conformable for the old knight."

Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow directions; quick to comply; submissive; compliant. "I have been to you a true and humble wife, At all times to your will conformable."

(Geol.) Parallel, or nearly so; said of strata in contact.

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"Conformable" Quotes from Famous Books

... Jews—prophesies of Christ by the heathens more incontrovertible than those of the Jews. The coming of X. a confirmation of both religions. The cessation of oracles a proof of this. The Xtians better off than any but the Jews as blind as the Heathens—Much more conformable to an idea of [the] goodness of God that he should have revealed himself to the Greeks than that he left them in ignorance. Vergil & Ovid not truth of the heathen Mythology, but the interpretation of a heathen— as Milton's Paradise Lost is the interpretation of a Christian religion of the Bible. ...

— Proserpine and Midas • Mary Shelley

... borne to tame you Kate, And bring you from a wilde Kate to a Kate Conformable as other houshold Kates: Heere comes your father, neuer make deniall, I must, and will haue Katherine ...

— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare

... little church at the opposite corner of the village and society. He himself was a good-hearted, plain man, with no savour of elegance about him, though with more than the usual modicum of sense and shrewdness. Appearance conformable to character. Mr. Morton was not very far from Mr. Falkirk's range of years, though making more attempts to conceal the fact. Rich, well educated, well mannered, a little heavy, he had married very young; and now a widower of twenty years standing, ...

— Wych Hazel • Susan and Anna Warner

... accept the correspondence, I believe it was intentional, but I shift the intention from the writer to the actor, and I ask why it should not have been that the dying martyr should consciously, and of set purpose, have made his death conformable to his Master's death? Why should not the dying martyr have sought to put himself (as the legend tells one of the other Apostles in outward form sought to do) in Christ's attitude, and to die as ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts • Alexander Maclaren

... to be conformable to the sentiments held up in our State Constitution. It is therein declared, that Government is instituted for the common good; not for the profit, honor or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men. And further, ...

— The Original Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume 4 • Samuel Adams

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