comply

Betekenis (English)

  1. To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
  2. To accomplish, to fulfil.
  3. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
  4. To enfold; to embrace.

Frekwensie

C2
Gekoppel as
com‧ply
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/kəmˈplaɪ/
Etimologie (English)

In summary

From Italian complire, Catalan complir (“to complete, fulfil; to carry out”), Spanish cumplir (“to complete, fulfil”), (alternatively from Old French compli), from Latin complēre, from compleō (“to finish, complete; to fulfil”), from com- (prefix indicating completeness of an act) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near; by, with”)) + pleō (“to fill; to fulfil”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The word is very close to the French verb complaire which means to satisfy or to please. The word is also cognate with Old French complir (“to accomplish, complete; to do”) (modern French accomplir (“to accomplish, achieve”)). Compare complete, compliment.

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