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Comply

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to act in accordance with a rule, request, or command
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Stage 1 of 2
complere
Latin · ancient
"to fill up, to complete"
to fill up, to complete, from com- (thoroughly) and plere (to fill)
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Stage 2 of 2
comply
English · 1600s
"to act in accordance with a rule, request, or command"
settled as the English word for acting in accordance with a rule or request
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