Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conform"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Conform \Con*form"\, a. [L. conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F.
conforme.]
Of the same form; similar in import; conformable. --Bacon.
Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way
conform to the analogy of faith. --Bp.Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Conform \Con*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conformed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Conforming}.] [F. conformer, L. conformare,
-formatum; con- + formare to form, forma form. See {Form}.]
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. --Hooker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Conform \Con*form"\, v. i.
1. To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to
submit; -- with to or with.
A rule to which experience must conform. --Whewell.
2. (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. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
conform
v 1: be similar, be in line with [ant: {deviate}]
2: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We
must adjust to the bad economic situation" [syn: {adjust},
{adapt}]
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