Definition of "comply" []

• To act in accordance with another's command, request, rule, or wish: The patient complied with the physician's orders. (verb-intransitive)
• Obsolete To be courteous or obedient. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Pink, a father of three, expressed his dissatisfaction with the current model for education and what he refers to as a "comply or defy" environment."
• "Companies that use this label comply with the nonprofit group's sustainability requirements for construction."
• "Instead, merely attempting to comply is very expensive, causing many people rationally to pay off the books."