comply

[kuh m-plahy] /kəmˈplaɪ/
verb (used without object), complied, complying.
1.
to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes followed by with):
They asked him to leave and he complied. She has complied with the requirements.
2.
Obsolete. to be courteous or conciliatory.
Origin
1595-1605; < Italian complire < Spanish cumplir (see compliment) to fulfill, accomplish < Latin complēre, equivalent to com- com- + plē- fill + -re infinitive suffix
Related forms
uncomplying, adjective
Synonyms
1. acquiesce, yield, conform, obey, consent, assent.
Antonyms
1. refuse, resist.
Examples from the web for comply
  • The possibility of losing ownership rights, they argue, is enough incentive for fishers to comply with the responsible behavior.
  • They were designed that way to comply with federal regulations for headlight height.
  • Failure to comply will result in payment being withheld.
  • Before disposing of a questionable product, contact your municipality to make sure you fully comply with state and federal laws.
  • Boundaries are so important, and dogs are happy to comply.
  • Free womanhood, out of the depths of its rich experiences, will observe and comply with the inner demands of its being.
  • Accordingly, the whole community changed their former resolution, and were determined never to comply.
  • The saint answered him, that the state of life in which he was engaged rendered it impossible for him to comply with his desire.
  • But they obstinately refused to comply with his desires.
  • It also would comply with regulations about the transfer and storage of private medical information.
British Dictionary definitions for comply

comply

/kəmˈplaɪ/
verb (intransitive) -plies, -plying, -plied
1.
(usually foll by with) to act in accordance with rules, wishes, etc; be obedient (to)
2.
(obsolete) to be obedient or complaisant
Derived Forms
complier, noun
Word Origin
C17: from Italian complire, from Spanish cumplir to complete; see compliment
Word Origin and History for comply
v.

early 14c., "to fulfill, carry out," from Old French compli, past participle of complir "to accomplish, fulfill, carry out," from Vulgar Latin *complire, from Latin complere "to fill up" (see complete (adj.)). Meaning influenced by ply (v.2). Sense of "to consent" began c.1600 and might have been a reintroduction from Italian, where complire had come to mean "satisfy by 'filling up' the forms of courtesy."