The sensual manconforms thoughts to things; the poetconforms things to his thoughts.
1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Salute to the "Claud Hamiltons" & "Directors"”, inTrains Illustrated, page115:
When Nos. 1870 to 1879 emerged, in 1902, the circular front windows of the cab had given place to much larger windows,conforming to the shape of the cab roof on top and the firebox top below, [...].
(transitive,intransitive, often followed byto) To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.
In any case, most of these sharks are gray or grayish, and they certainly are typical in that theyconform to everyone's idea of what a shark is supposed to look like.
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 itconformed to state law.
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