[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That complies.
† 1. Accordant, agreeing, consistent. Obs.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., IV. v. 187. We cannot discover a distinct and complying account, for we finde not that Horses, Buls, or Mules, are generally stronger on this side.
2. Yielding or disposed to yield to the wishes of another, to influence, etc.; compliant; complaisant.
1667. Flavel, Saint Indeed (1754), 6. His complying will [becomes] full of rebellion and stubbornness.
1670. Baxter, Cure Ch. Div., Pref. II. § 6. He is a lukewarm temporizing complying man-pleaser.
1709. Swift, Adv. Relig. A prudent, complying, affectionate wife.
1798. W. Tooke, Life Cath. II., III. 425. Hoven, an eloquent, complying, and ambitious man.
1848. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., II. 19. The Commons were in a less complying mood.
† 3. Physically yielding; pliant. Obs.
1774. Goldsm., Nat. Hist. (1862), I. iv. 16. Considerable effects … upon so complying a substance.
Hence Complyingly adv., compliantly.
1654. H. L’Estrange, Chas. I. (1655), 77. The Parliament seemed … as complyingly disposed as could be wished.
