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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

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.

Source : WordNet®

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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