[f. COMPLY v.1 + -ING1.] The action of the vb. COMPLY.
1639. [see COMPLY1 2].
1847. Agnes Strickland, Queens Eng., X. 143. She [Mary Beatrice] told the community, in the evening, of the vexatious application that had been made to her by the aged bishop, and the impossibility of her complying with his request.
Mod. His complying did him no credit.
