comply
Verb
- act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- "You must comply or else!"
- To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
- To accomplish, to fulfil.
- To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
- To enfold; to embrace.
- -PLIED, -PLYING, -PLIES to obey
Origin / Etymology
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”)).
The 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.
Synonyms
abide by, follow, accede, agree, allow, carry out, cave in, come around, come round, comply, concede, consummate, give way, grant, soothe, yield
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
comply: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcomply: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
comply: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary