v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conformed p. pr. & vb. n. Conforming. ] [ F. conformer, L. conformare, -formatum; con- + formare to form, forma form. See Form. ] To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto. [ 1913 Webster ]

Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the order of the church. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; -- with to or with. [ 1913 Webster ]

A rule to which experience must conform. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist. [ 1913 Webster ]

About two thousand ministers whose consciences did not suffer them to conform were driven from their benefices in a day. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F. conforme. ] Of the same form; similar in import; conformable. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way conform to the analogy of faith. Bp.Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being conformable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) The parallelism of two sets of strata which are in contact. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; -- usually followed by to. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fragments of Sappho give us a taste of her way of writing perfectly conformable with that character. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable Shakespeare

Conformable to Scripture as well as to philosophy. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make matters somewhat conformable for the old knight. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow directions; quick to comply; submissive; compliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have been to you a true and humble wife,
At all times to your will conformable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in contact. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being conformable; conformability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conformably to the law and nature of God. Bp. Beveridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Conformity. [ R. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conformatus, p. p. See Conform. ] Having the same form. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conformatio: cf. F. conformation. ] 1. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion and morality. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain conformation of the sentences. Lowth. [ 1913 Webster ]

A structure and conformation of the earth. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., a framer. ] An apparatus for taking the conformation of anything, as of the head for fitting a hat, or, in craniometry, finding the largest horizontal area of the head. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. adhering to established customs or doctrines, especially in religion, as e.g. Orthodox Judaism. [ Narrower terms: orthodox (vs. unorthodox) ]
Syn. -- conformist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. orthodoxy in thoughts and belief.
Syn. -- conformity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cheeful conformist to your judgment. Jer.Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. marked by conformity or convention; not corresponding to current customs or rules or styles; as, underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist. Opposite of nonconformist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as conforming. [ Narrower terms: orthodox (vs. unorthodox) ]
Syn. -- conforming. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Conformities /plu>. [ Cf. F. conformité. ] 1. Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between. [ 1913 Webster ]

By our conformity to God. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God. Dr. H.More. [ 1913 Webster ]

A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king [ James I. ] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not conformable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disconformable in religion from us. Stow (1603). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those . . . in some disconformity to ourselves. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disagreement and disconformity betwixt the speech and the conception of the mind. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + conform. ] Unconformable. [ Obs. ] Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unconformable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. inconformité. ] Lack of conformity; nonconformity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mal- + conformation. ] Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Malconformation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To conform by way anticipation. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anticipative or antecedent conformity. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Partially conformable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unlike. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Not unconform to other shining globes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being unconformable; unconformableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Lack of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not conformable; not agreeable; not conforming. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moral evil is an action unconformable to it [ the rule of our duty ]. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position; as, unconformable strata. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un`con*form"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`con*form"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nonconformist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Want of parallelism between strata in contact. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ With some authors unconformity is equivalent to unconformability; but it is often used more broadly, for example, to include the case when the parallelism of strata once conformable has been disturbed by faulting and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]