conform
verb (used without object)
to act according to or be obedient to a rule or norm (usually followed byto ).
conformer
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a word derived from
conform.
Example Sentences
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As for Gilbert, he is a born conformer, and giddy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The coarsest and most revolting shape which the doctrine of conformity can assume, and its degrading consequences to the character of the conformer, may be conveniently illustrated by a passage in the life of Hume.
From On Compromise by John Morley
He might have been either Hume or Butler, either Wesley or Gibbon, but he was certain not to be, what the average cultivated man in his day was, a respectable but unenthusiastic and unconvinced conformer.
From Dr. Johnson and His Circle by John Cann Bailey
When your plans will be nearer maturity, you will have the great kindness to let me know what will be your Royal pleasure, to enable me de m'y conformer bien exactement.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Arthur Christopher Benson
