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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for conform:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

conform
    v 1: be similar, be in line with [ant: depart, deviate,
         diverge, vary]
    2: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We
       must adjust to the bad economic situation" [syn: adjust,
       conform, adapt]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Conform \Con*form"\, a. [L. conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F.
   conforme.]
   Of the same form; similar in import; conformable. --Bacon.
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         Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way
         conform to the analogy of faith.         --Bp.Hall.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Conform \Con*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conformed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Conforming.] [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.
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         Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves
         unto the order of the church.            --Hooker.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Conform \Con*form"\, v. i.
   1. To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to
      submit; -- with to or with.
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            A rule to which experience must conform. --Whewell.
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   2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) To comply with the usages of the
      Established Church; to be a conformist.
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            About two thousand ministers whose consciences did
            not suffer them to conform were driven from their
            benefices in a day.                   --Macaulay.
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