conform 
shapes of all iiiflnit.-ly small (Inures; an orthomorphlc pro- 
jection. AmoiiK such projections an- th- stereoKrapnle, 
Mcrcator'M, the qliimHincial, etc. 
conform (kon-fdnn')i i 1 . [< MK. w/n<, < 
OF. conform if, F. coiiforiin-r = Sp. Pg. confor- 
mar = It. coiifornmrc, < \t. conforming, l':ishi<in, 
form, < com-, together, +/ornor, form, (.forum, 
form. Cf. conform, n.\ I. trnim. 1. To make 
of the sunn- form or churiictev; muke like; ad- 
just : with to : as, to conform anything to a model 
or a standard. 
Kor whom lie iliil foreknow, |n> also <lhl predestinate to 
be aaaformfd in the Imam' of hix Son. R<mi. vlll. 28. 
It WHS tint almost univcrBal habit of scribes to ,-ni t /.>, ,,< 
orthography and inllcction '</ tint standard of their own 
tin"'. '.'. /'. Miiruli, Hist. \\nit. Lang., p. 01. 
2. To bring into harmoiiy or correspondence; 
make agreeable ; adapt ; submit : often with a 
reflexive pronoun. 
Ivmand of thrill \\hcrefore they conform not thi-inMlocl 
unto thr order ot' tli<- i lunch, lloitkrr. 
1 A: tine ad vis.- \ "ii tn, 1 .,,, in, m your Courses to his Counsel. 
Ilinivll, Letters, I. vi. 24. 
II. inlrttng, 1. To act conformably, compli- 
antly, or in accordance : with to : aa, to con- 
form to the fashion or In custom. 
Wisdom bids us conform to our hnniMr situation. 
Uoidtmith, Vicar, ill. 
A rule to which experience must conform. Whewell. 
2. In Kin/, hi*/., to comply with the usages of 
the Established Church: in this sense of ten used 
absolutely. 8ee conformity, 3. 
Pray tell me, when any dissenter <v>;i/omw, anil enters 
Intu MM- clmrcii-cnmmuMion, Is he ever examined to see 
whether he does it upon reason anil conviction ? 
Locke, Second Letter on Toleration. 
There was a Puritan gentleman who served under Crom- 
well, but afterward confonned. 
(Jeoryf KIM, Middlemnrch, I. 10. 
conformability (kqn-fdr-ma-bil'i-ti), n. [< 
conformable : see Utility. ,] The state or quality 
of being conformable ; specifically, in geol., the 
relation of two strata, one of which reposes 
on the other and is parallel to it. See conform- 
able, 5. 
The evidence of confonnabilitu between the schist of a 
ridge and ttie limestone adjoining it is perfect evidence 
only in case of actual contact between the rocks. 
Amur. Jour. Sri., 3d aer., XXIX. 207. 
conformable (kon-for'ma-bl), a. [< conform + 
-able; taking the place of LL. conformalis, like, 
similar.] 1. Corresponding in form, charac- 
ter, etc.; resembling; like; similar: as, this 
machine is conformable to the model. 
The Gentiles were not made conformable to the Jews, 
in that which was to cease at the coming of Christ 
Hooker. 
2. Exhibiting harmony or conformity ; agree- 
able ; suitable ; consistent ; adapted ; adjusted. 
How were it possible that to such a faith our lives 
should not be conformable! Chillingworth, Sermons, i. 
Conformable to all the rules of correct writing. Addison. 
A subtile, refined policy was conformable to the genius 
of the Italians. Pretcott, Ferd. and Isa., II. 1. 
3. Compliant; acquiescent; ready to follow 
directions; submissive; obsequious; disposed 
to obey. 
I have been to yon a true and humble wife, 
At all times to your will conformable. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., il. 4. 
[In all the preceding senses generally followed 
by to, sometimes by with."] 4. Properly or suit- 
ably arranged or formed ; convenient. [Kare.] 
To make matters somewhat conformable for the old 
knight. Scott, Woodstock, iii. 
5. In geol., having the same dip and direction : 
said of two or more stratified beds, if over any 
A. ft, two sets of unconfonnable strata ; a, a, a, conformable with 
one another ; A. b, b, the same ; c, d, line of junction of A and B. 
area an assemblage of strata is disturbed, elevated, or 
turned up on edge, strata subsequently deposited there 
will not be conformable with the underlying formations. 
This region, now the highest in general elevation of the 
continent, was a sea-bottom, continuously or nearly so 
from uarly carboniferous to the end of the cretaceous, and 
received, during this time, conformable sediments twelve 
thousand to fifteen thousand feet thick. Science, IV. 63. 
conformableness (kon-fdr'tna-bl-nes), n. The 
state of being conformable. Ash. 
conformably ikon-fdr'ma-bli), adv. In a con- 
formable manner, (a) In conformity, harmony, or 
agreement ; agreeably ; suitably. 
1187 
ConformaMy to the law and nature of Ood. 
III'. '' I. xxxix. 
(',) In the manner of strata having the Maine dip and di- 
rection. 
At St. Fe Ilajada, the I'.. try formation, with 
lu nuunndieroas remains, eoiyormaafy overlies then 
tertiary strata. /',/, ,,,, i ;, nl i iti-i-i \ :iti-Mi- i. 
COnformance (kon-fdr'mans), . [< conform + 
-and?.] The act of conforming; conformity. 
[Kare.] 
livery different part 
< <in< nrritiK to one commendable end ; 
S", ;md iii MII h ,-<>,, i'., i-miiii'-.-, w itli rare grace, 
\\ i ii- all things order'd. 
' M ntl- ni.in I 'her, III. 1. 
conformant! (kon-for'mant), n. [< L. confor- 
iinin(t-), ppr. of coiiformarc, conform : see con- 
j'n'iii. r., and -an(l.J Conformable. 
Herein Is divinity ,-,,,,/'..,,,,/ nntu philosophv. 
sVr T. llr,,,,,,,:, Kellgto Mediel, L 35. 
COnformatO (kon-Wr'mat), . [< L. conformn- 
tus, pp. of coiiforniare, conform: see conform, 
t".] Having the same form. [Rare.] 
Conformation (kon-fdr-ma'shon ), n. [ = I'. Mm- 
formation Sp. cotiforiinn-ioii 1'^. conformii- 
C3o = It. Con Infini I lull:'. < I,, l IOI/III'IHII lln( II-), < 
conformnrc, pp. coHf'oriniitiui, conform: see i-nn- 
form, t.] 1. The manner in which a body is 
formed ; the particular texture or structure of 
a body, or the arrangement and relation of the 
parts which compose it; form; structure. 
\\ hen there happens to be such a structure and confor- 
mation of the earth as that the fire may pass freely into 
these spiracles, It then readily gets out 
Woodward, Essay towards a Nat. Hist of the Earth. 
Varieties are found in the different natural shapes of the 
mouth and several conformation* of the organs. 
Jlnlder, Elements of Speech. 
2. The act of conforming or adjusting; theactof 
producing suitableness or conformity: with to. 
The conformation of our hearts and lives (o the duties 
of true religion. Watt*. 
3. The becoming similar in respect of form ; 
approach or reduction to formal resemblance : 
said of words. March. =Bya. See/fpttro, n. 
conformator (kon'f6r-ma-tor), n. [= F. con- 
formateitr, < LL. conformator, a framer, former, 
< L. conformare, pp. conformatug, frame, form: 
see conform, p.] An apparatus consisting of a 
number of bent levers arranged in a circle and 
controlled by springs, fitted on the head to as- 
certain its shape in order to make a pattern 
for a hat. 
conformed (kon-f6rmd'), n. a. [Pp. of conform, 
.] In hot., closely fitted, as seed-coats to the 
inclosed nucleus. 
conf ormer (kon-f 6r'm6r), n. One who conforms ; 
one who complies with established forms or 
doctrines. 
Being a partisan of Qneen Mary's and a hearty conform- 
er, he became a great favourite, and held a lucrative post. 
/. //. Shorthouge, John Inglesant, ii. 
conformist (kon-fdr'mist), n. [< conform + -ist; 
= F. conform'i'ste, etc.] One who conforms or 
complies; specifically, in England, one who 
complies with the form of worship of the Es- 
tablished Church, as distinguished from a dis- 
senter or nonconformist. 
The case is the same if the husband should be the con- 
formut ; though how the law is to operate in this case I 
do not see : for the act expressly says that the child shall 
lie taken from such Popish parent. Burke, Popery Laws. 
Special theological bias warps the judgments of Conform- 
ist* and Nonconformists among ourselves. 
B. Spencer, Study of Sociol., p. 300. 
conformity (kon-fdr'mi-ti), n. [< F. conjormitt 
= Pr. conformitat = Sp. conformidad = Pg. con- 
formidade = It. conformity, < LL. as if 'confor- 
mita(t-)s, < conformis, like, similar: see conform, 
a.] 1. Correspondence in form or manner; re- 
semblance; agreement; congruity; likeness; 
harmony: in this and the next meaning, fol- 
lowed by to or with before the object with which 
another agrees, and in before the matter in 
which there is agreement: as, a ship is con- 
structed in conformity to or vrith a model ; con- 
formity in shape. 
Man amongst the creatures of this Inferior world aspir- 
eth to the greatest conformity irt'tA God. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, i. 6. 
Men act In sleep with some conformity unto their awaked 
senses. Sir T. Browne, Dreams. 
Space and duration have a great conformity in this that 
they are justly reckoned among our simple Ideas. Locke. 
Our knowledge is real only so far as there is a conformity 
between our ideas and the reality of things. . . . Thus the 
idea of whiteness, or bitterness, as it is in the mind, exactly 
answering that power which is in any body to produce it 
there, has all the real conformity it can or ought to have 
with things without us. And this conformity between our 
simple ideas and the existence of things is sufficient for 
real knowledge. Locke. Human Understanding, Iv. 4. 
confound 
2. Submission; M6OV&MM*); nei|uicscf>nce. 
We cannot be otherw i-i- huppy but !>. 
Ood. ''ton. 
In <,,/, . I have sent your 
Ladyship this small Hymn for Christmas-Day. 
NTS, I. vL IS. 
The v ii tin- in ni" ' . . It loves 
not realities and creators, hut n 
llaoce. 
3. In Kinj. lust., iiilherence tn the Kstablished 
Church, or compliance with its rei|uireini-nts 
and principles, hull conformity was rei|iiired by so- 
called acts "T t"MMIt\ 1,1 
(extended in 1 :>;) and in:-, .ill "tin i i 
in;.' prohibited, and l>.cr\:nn , nt them ni.nh punishable 
by deprivation of h^al rights, inipt isoiimcn! . and ,\iii 
death. These laws were enfmred with Minim; degrees 
of rigor, hut were greatly relaxed in terms 
lution of 1688; and hv later enactment-, the disabilities 
created by them have Ix-en almost wholly removed, gee 
distenter and nonconformist. 
A proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil offi- 
cers to do their duty by cnfuicinn i-'nij'iriintif. tlallam. 
Bill Of Conformity, in '""-, a phrase sometimes used f.,r 
a bill in chancery against creditors, yem-rally for the mar- 
shaling of assets and adjustment of debts, filed by an ex- 
ecutor or administrator wh" Hints the affairs of his testa- 
tor or Intestate so much huolved that lie cannot safely 
administer the estate except under the direction of the 
court Oath of conformity and obedi- 
ence. See 
confortationr (kon-for-tii'shon), n. [= F. con- 
forUition = Pr. confortatio = Sp. confortncion = 
Pg. coufortacSo = It. <-,,,//i,/v .m< , < ML. i-mt- 
fortatio(n-), < LL. confortare, pp. confnrtiittiit, 
strengthen, comfort: see comfort, p.] The act 
of strengthening. 
For corroboratlon and confortation take such bodies as 
are of astringent quality. Bafim, Mat Hist, f 962. 
confound (kqn-found' ), v. t. [< ME. confounden, 
cinifiiiiili n, <! OF. coiifoiKln; cunfundre, F. con- 
fondre = Pr. confondre = Sp. Pg. confundir = It. 
confondere,(. L. confundere,pp. confusux, pour out 
together, mingle, confuse, perplex, disturb, con- 
found, < com-, together, T fundere, pp. fuatur, 
pour: see founds and ftixe. Cf. confuse.] 1. 
To mingle confusedly together; mix indiscrimi- 
nately, so that individuals, parts, or elements 
cannot be distinguished ; throw into disorder ; 
confuse. 
Let us go down, and there confound their language. 
Gen. xL 7. 
There the fresh and salt water woald meete and be con- 
founded together. Coryat, Crudities, I. 195. 
Such a numerous host 
Fled not in silence through the frighted deep, 
With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, 
Confusion worse confounded. Milton, P. I. . ii. 996. 
2. To treat or regard erroneously as identical; 
mix or associate by mistake. 
It is a common error in politics to confound means with 
ends. Macaulay, Burleigh and his Times. 
Ought well-being to lie so absolutely confounded with 
wealth? J. R. Seeley, Nat. Keligion, p. 127. 
3. To throw into confusion; perplex with sud- 
den disturbance, terror, or surprise; stupefy 
with amazement. 
And rood with grete Host, in alle that ever he myghte, 
for to confounde the Cristene men. 
Mandcville, Travels, p. 260. 
So spake the Son of God ; and Satan stood 
Awhile, as mute, confounded what to say. 
Milton, P. R., lit 2. 
The sparrow's chirrup on the roof, 
The slow clock ticking, and the sound 
Which to the wooing wind aloof 
The poplar made, did all confound 
Her sense. Tennyson, Mariana. 
A man succeeds because he has more power of eye than 
another, and so coaxes or confounds him. 
Emernon, Eloquence. 
4. To destroy; bring to naught; overthrow; 
ruin; spoil. [Archaic.] 
Yit somer wol it [wine] soure and so confounde, 
And winter wol endure and kepe It longe. 
Palladium, Hiisbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 90. 
Lord, In thee have I trusted ; let me never be con. 
founded. Te Deum, In Book of Common Prayer. 
The uncertainty of the end of this world hath confounded 
all human predictions. Sir T. Broume, Letter to a Friend. 
So deep a malice, to confound the race 
Of mankind in one root. Milton, P. I.., 11. 382. 
Bad counsel confound* the adviser. 
Emerton, Compensation. 
Hence such interjectlonal phrases as confound it .' con- 
found the fellow ! which are relics of the fuller impreca- 
tions, Gott confound it ! God confound the fellow ! etc. 
5f. To waste or spend uselessly, as time. 
He did confound the best part of an hour 
In changing hardiment with great Glendower. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., 1. 3. 
= Syn. 1. See list under confute. 3. Confine, etc. See 
