comply
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Is comply a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (archaic) To accomplish, to fulfil.Examples: "Gentle Abrahen, I / am griev'd my power cannot comply my promiſe: / my Father's ſo averſe from granting my / requeſt concerning thee, that with angrie frowns / he did expreſs rather a paſſionate rage, / then a refuſall civil, or accuſtom'd / to his indulgent diſpoſition."Synonyms: carry out, consummatearchaic
2. (archaic) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.Examples: "[Y]our hands come then, th’appurtenance of welcome is faſhion and ceremonie; let mee comply with you in this garb, let me^([sic – meaning lest my]) extent to the players, which I tell you muſt ſhowe fairely outwards, ſhould more appeare like entertainment than yours: […]"archaic
3. (archaic) To enfold; to embrace.Examples: "And then a rug of carded wooll, / Which, spunge-like, drinking in the dull / Light of the moon, seem'd to comply, / Cloud-like, the daintie deitie."archaic
Definition source: Wiktionary