All 7 Uses
conform
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Dante's Paradise -- translated by Norton
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- And as the soul within your dust is diffused through different members, and conformed to divers potencies, so the Intelligence[5] displays its own goodness multiplied through the stars, itself circling upon its own unity.†
Canto 1-11conformed = complied, fit in, or was similar to what is normal
- From this,[7] comes whatso seems different between light and light, not from dense and rare; this is the formal principle which produces, conformed unto its goodness, the dark and the bright.†
Canto 1-11 *
- [1] "Perfect life and high merit in-heaven a lady higher up," she said to me, "according to whose rule, in your world below, there are who vest and veil themselves, so that till death they may wake and sleep with that Spouse who accepts every vow which love conforms unto His pleasure†
Canto 1-11conforms = complies, fits in, or is similar to what is normal
- The greatest gift which God in His largess bestowed in creating, and the most conformed unto His goodness and that which He esteems the most, was the freedom of the will, with which all the creatures of intelligence, and they alone, were and are endowed.†
Canto 1-11conformed = complied, fit in, or was similar to what is normal
- [2] It is the most conformed to It, and therefore pleases It the most; for the Holy Ardor which irradiates every thing is most living in what is most resemblance to Itself†
Canto 1-11
- [10] Too large would be the vat which would hold the Ferrarese blood, and weary he who should weigh it, ounce by ounce, which this courteous priest will give to show himself a partisan;[11] and such gifts will be conformed to the living of the country†
Canto 1-11
- The Lion is the sign Leo in the Zodiac, appropriate to Mars by supposed conformity of disposition.†
Canto 12-22conformity = compliance, fitting in, or being similar to what is normal
Definitions:
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(1)
(conform) to comply, fit in, or be similar to what is normal
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Although the forms conform and conformity (referring to complying with established customs or doctrines) are more often used, conformist is more likely to appear on standardized tests.