conform

• POS: Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: con=form

CIDE DICTIONARY

conform, a. [L. conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F. conforme.].

 Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
"Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way conform to the analogy of faith."  [1913 Webster]

conform, v. t. [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.  [1913 Webster]
"Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the order of the church."  [1913 Webster]

conform, v. i. 

•  To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; -- with to or with.  [1913 Webster]

  "A rule to which experience must conform."  [1913 Webster]
•  To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist.  [1913 Webster]

  "About two thousand ministers whose consciences did not suffer them to conform were driven from their benefices in a day."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

conform, v.
1 intr. comply with rules or general custom.
2 intr. & tr. (often foll. by to) be or make accordant or suitable.
3 tr. (often foll. by to) form according to a pattern; make similar.
4 intr. (foll. by to, with) comply with; be in accordance with.

Derivative

conformer n.

Etymology

ME f. OF conformer f. L conformare (as com-, form)

THESAURUS

conform

abide by, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, act up to, adapt, adapt to, adhere to, adjust, adjust to, agree, agree in opinion, agree with, answer to, assent, assimilate to, assort with, attend to, attend to orders, attune, be consistent, be faithful to, be uniform with, bend, check, chime, chime in with, close with, cohere, coincide, comply, comply with, compose, concur, conform to, conform with, consist with, cooperate, coordinate, correct, correspond, correspond with, defer to, discipline, ditto, do justice to, dovetail, echo, fall in together, fall in with, fill, fit, fit in, fit together, follow, follow the book, fulfill, gear to, gee, go, go along with, go by, go together, go with, hang together, harken to, harmonize, harmonize with, heed, hit, hold by, hold together, integrate, interlock, intersect, jibe, keep, keep faith with, listen to, live up to, lock, make conform, make good, mark, match, meet, mind, mold, obey, obey the rules, observe, observe the proprieties, overlap, parallel, play the game, quadrate, reconcile, rectify, regard, register, register with, respect, respond to, rub off corners, satisfy, settle, shape, side with, sing in chorus, sort with, square, square with, stand together, stay in line, straighten, strike in with, submit, suit, tailor, take orders, tally, tally with, toe the line, tune, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

conform

Expedience

VB be expedient, suit, befit, suit the time, befit the time, suit the season, befit the season, suit the occasion, befit the occasion, conform.