? Obs. [a. F. conforme (16th c. in Littré), ad. L. conform-is, f. con- together with + forma FORM, shape.]
1. Having the same form or character; similar, like; = CONFORMABLE 1. Const. to.
1447. [see CONFORMLY].
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VI. Prol. 40. Mony clausis he fand, Quhilk bene conforme, or than collaterall.
1581. Marbeck, Bk. of Notes, 861. Made conforme to the Image of the same God.
1660. Waterhouse, Arms & Arm., 27. Conform to the protoplast in the direct line of regularity.
1678. Trans. Crt. Spain, 36. A letter … whereof a great many Copies, all Conform, have been dispersed.
1685. Lond. Gaz., No. 2031/1. All very fine with their Foot-Mantles and traping conform.
1738. Hist. Crt. Excheq., vii. 129. In a conform measure and of one Size.
1816. Colebrooke, in Asiatic Res., XII. 539. Seed solitary, conform to the cavity of the capsule.
1861. W. Bell, Dict. Sc. Law, s.v. Decreet Conform, The decree issued by the Court of Session in aid of the inferior court decree was called a decree conform, i.e. a decree in the precise terms of the former decree, with the additional sanction of the Court of Session.
2. Exhibiting harmony or agreement; consistent, accordant; = CONFORMABLE 2.
1550. Bale, Apol., 55. In ye scriptures is no confuse ordre, but a conforme and consonant ordre.
a. 1587. Mary Q. of Scots, in Froude, Hist. Eng. (1881), VII. xliii. 189. Is that conform to her promise to use me as a sister or daughter?
1655. J. Webb, Stone-Heng (1725), 35. The most exact Rule, and of all others … the most conform unto Vitruvius.
1733. Fielding, Miser, III. xi. Your consent will appear not altogether conform to those nice rules of decorum.
1805. W. Taylor, in Monthly Mag., XX. 112. The following expressions, although conform to usage, thwart the definitions.
† 3. Conforming religiously, conformist. Obs.
1663. Blair, Autobiog., vi. (1848), 82. Some of the conform clergy provoked me to a dispute.
1711. C. M., Lett. to Curat, 16. Here was a Bishop, who Himself was not conform, who … was Indulged in his non-conformity.
4. By Scotch writers used advb.: In conformity to, conformably or agreeably to, according to.
1535. Sc. Acts Jas. V. (1597), § 14. To find the said souertie, conforme to the said acte.
1676. Gregory, in Rigaud, Corr. Sci. Men (1841), I. 224. To make proffer of my best endeavours … conform to the way of my weak ability.
a. 1714. Burnet, Own Time (1823), I. 205. [To] settle their government, conform to the scriptures.
1738. D. Bayne, Gout, 126. Conform to the vulgar opinion that there is no cure for the gout.
