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Definition of comply verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

comply

verb

NAmE//kəmˈplaɪ//

[intransitive] comply (with something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they comply

he / she / it complies

past simple complied

-ing form complying

to obey a rule, an order, etc. They refused to comply with the U.N. resolution. see compliance

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