Both Uses
comply
in
The Trial of Socrates, by Linder
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- Socrates, in Plato's account, points to his refusal to comply with the Tyrants' order that he bring in Leon of Salamis for summary execution.†
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- To comply with the demand that a genuine punishment be proposed, Socrates reluctantly suggested a fine of one mina of silver—about one-fifth of his modest net worth, according to Xenophon.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(comply) to act in agreement with a rule, request, or demand
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)