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comply (1 rare sense; 2 not pre-S.)
1. to fulfil, accomplish Oth. I. iii. 265.
2. ‘to use complements, or ceremonies, or kind offices’ (Florio), observe the formalities of courtesy Ham. II. ii. 399 “let me with you,” V. ii. 195.
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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