Word Finder - complied

definition

To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.

synonyms

• give way

definition

To accomplish, to fulfil.

synonyms

• carry out
• consummate

definition

To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.

definition

To enfold; to embrace.

She complied and he examined her ankle, twisting it until she winced.

Betsy hesitated, but complied when Grasso feigned a slice with his weapon.

Searching tests were applied to these fittings, and only those which complied in every respect with the prescribed regulations were stamped and permitted to be fixed within the limits of the water supply.

Bluntschli, consider that unless this tacit condition is complied with, the award may be set aside.

Generally speaking, the Transylvanians had only to appear, to have their demands promptly complied with; for these marauders had to be bought off because the emperor had more pressing business elsewhere.

According to the narrative of Sir Thomas More, Sir Robert Brackenbury, the constable of the Tower, refused to obey Richard's command to put the young princes to death; but he complied with a warrant ordering him to give up his keys for one night to Sir James Tyrell, who had arranged for the assassination.

She chewed her lip but complied.

When the Assembly sought to impose on its members an oath of obedience to the new decree, Talleyrand and three other bishops complied out of the thirty who had seats in the Assembly.

It is said also that John himself, on the advice of his relative, Pierre Robert Olivetan, the first translator of the Bible into French, had begun to study the Scriptures and to dissent from the Roman worship. At any rate he readily complied with his father's suggestion, and removed from Paris to Orleans (March 1528) in order to study law under Pierre Taisan de 1'Etoile, the most distinguished jurisconsult of his day.

In point of international law, its existence may be said to date from Dec. I 1918, when the Prince-Regent Alexander of Serbia formally complied with the invitation of the Yugoslav National Council to assume the regency over the sister provinces also.

The duke unwillingly complied, but when the French entered Piedmont and demanded the cession of the fortresses of Turin and Verrua, he refused, and while still professing to negotiate with Louis, joined the league of Austria, Spain and Venice.

He complied at once; his friends generally thought that he ought to have tested the master's power.

This was followed up by a whole series of menacing rescripts addressed by Peter to the court of Vienna, in which war was threatened unless Austria instantly complied with all the demands of the king of Prussia.

The candidate first took an " oath that he had complied with all the statutable conditions, that he would give no more than the statutable fees or entertainments to the rector himself, the doctor or his fellow-students, and that he would obey the rector."

After some delay, and with manifest reluctance, the Scots complied; their hand was forced by the fact that most of the claimants to the crown had hastened to make the acknowledgment, each hoping thereby to prejudice the English king in his own favor.

Uncertain what possessed her – beyond pure emotion – she complied.

He strongly opposed the king's policy of alliance with France, advocating a league with the Dutch instead, and the refusal of supplies until the demands of the Commons should be complied with.

There were in 1909 135 districts which had complied with this act, and were known as Graded Common School districts.

They complied by the production of an indictment under five heads, supported by the necessary evidence of documents.

Most of the criptions have besides two translations into the more complied kinds of cuneiform character of two other languages of the rsian Empire.

Great as was his age, Joinville had not ceased to be actively loyal, and in 1315 he complied with the royal summons to bear arms against the Flemings.

When it is shown, therefore, that a highway has been dedicated after 1836, it is not repairable by the inhabitants at large unless it can be shown that these provisions have been complied with, or that it has been declared to be repairable under provisions of the Public Health Acts presently to be mentioned.

The view of frankpledge (visus franciplegii), or the duty of ascertaining that the law with regard to frankpledges was complied with, was in the hands of the sheriffs, who held an itinerant court called the "sheriff's tourn" for this and other purposes.

But even apart from this, the publication of the French demand, which could not be complied with, must have brought about a war.

Howie was trying to inform the geriatric customers of our plight while the clerk, apparently speaking with a switchboard, complied with my directive.

Uncertain what possessed her – beyond pure emotion – she complied.

Martha complied, not with Christmas enthusiasm but a quiet hint of pleasure.

If he had simply wanted different clothes, she might have complied, but what he wanted to do was slice his clothing up with a razor blade and get jeans so long that they shredded from being walked on – like the other band members.

Like an old record stuck in its groove, he repeated the assertion that Iraq had fully complied with the UN's demands.

The Gills report this worked for a while, and Balfour Beatty complied and had white boiler suits for their staff.

In 2002 almost 90% of Scotland's shellfish growing waters complied with the minimum environmental quality standards.

Whether the tender process complied with the legal stipulations.

In order to provide a similar protection for the artisans employed in the protected industries, an excise duty was imposed on the home-produced articles, which was to be remitted in favour of manufacturers who could show that they paid " fair and reasonable " wages, and complied with certain other conditions for the benefit of their workmen.

But in yielding to paternal authority, Gibbon frankly owns that he " complied, like a pious son, with the wish of his own heart."

With this mandate Kant, after a struggle, complied, and kept his engagement till 17 9 7, when the death of the king, according to his construction of his promise, set him free.

Norway complied with the moratorium until 1993, when it resumed commercial whaling.

Water quality in water supply zones The Company complied with the required sampling frequencies in all zones.

In 2002 almost 90% of Scotland 's shellfish growing waters complied with the minimum environmental quality standards.

It was strongly suggested that I go upstairs at 7 a.m. for the early AA meeting and for some reason I complied.

But, I complied, and spent 4-5 hours writing a two-page letter to my mother, just bawling all the way through.

The standards that are complied have a direct bearing on the trampoline safety association.

To make matters worse, a multitude of wonderful prose is available in libraries, on the Internet and copiously complied in volumes.

This is complied list of combatants from both the North and the South.

Most of the footage used in the film was too revealing for the magazine, and so they've been complied here for your viewing pleasure.

With this option, you will set up the word processing document yourself, using the sample documents you complied as a result of your online research as guidance for setting up the layout of what you are working on.

As of early 2007, a comparison of the FDA warning letter and the current Hydroderm web site shows that the company has not complied with the FDA's rules.

I complied, with vigor.

When they'd complied, I announced, "Howie want's Julie to fly out to Santa Barbara, today."

I tried to decline but he insisted I eat so I complied.

He complied, touching it.