conform

To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.

There is a worm by Phoebus bred, By leaves of mulberry is fed, Which unprovided where to dwell, Conforms itself to weave a cell.

The sensual man conforms thoughts to things; the poet conforms things to his thoughts.

To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.

[H]e had a dispensation for conforming in outward observances to the Protestant faith.

[B]y conforming to the dress and habits of the Gauchos, he has obtained an unbounded popularity in the country.

To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.

In height and breadth it conformed to the prescribed measurements laid down by the rules of the contest.

A judge in a Texas widow’s lawsuit over the Merck drug Vioxx reduced a $32 million jury award to about $7.75 million on Thursday so that it conformed to state law.