Con*form" (?), a. [L.
conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F. conforme.]
Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.
Bacon.
Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way conform to the analogy of faith.
Bp.Hall.
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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.
Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the order of the church.
Hooker.
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Con*form", v. i.
1.
To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; -- with to or with.
A rule to which experience must conform.
Whewell.
2.
(Eng. Eccl. Hist.)
To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist.
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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