English-Thai Dictionary
conformable
ADJ ที่ ปรับ ให้ เหมือนกัน ti-prab-hai-muean-kan
conformable
ADJ เชื่อฟัง obedient compliant chuea-fang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONFORMABLE
a. 1. Correspondent; having the same or similar external form, or shape; like; resembling; as an edifice conformable to a model or draft.
2. Having the same or similar manners, opinions or moral qualities.
The Gentiles were not made conformable to the Jews, in that which was to cease at the coming of Christ.
3. Agreeable; suitable; consistent; as, nature is conformable to herself.
4. Compliant; ready to follow directions; submissive; obsequious; peaceable; disposed to obey.
I have been to you a true and humble wife, At all time to your will conformable.
It is generally followed by to, but good writers have used with. In its etymological sense, that may be conformed, capable of being conformed, it seems not to be used.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONFORMABLE
CONFORMABLE Con *form "a *ble, a.
1. Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc. ; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; --usually followed by to.
The fragments of Sappho give us a taste of her way of writing perfectly conformable with that character. Addison.
Conformable to Scripture as well as to philosophy. Whewell.
To make matters somewhat conformable for the old knight. Sir W. Scott.
2. Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow directions; submissive; compliant.
I have been to you a true and humble wife, At all times to your will conformable. Shak.
3. (Geol.) Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in contact.
CONFORMABLENESS
CONFORMABLENESS Con *form "a *ble *ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being conformable; conformability.
New American Oxford Dictionary
conformable
con form a ble |kənˈfôrməbəl kənˈfɔrməbəl | ▶adjective (usu. conformable to ) (of a person ) disposed or accustomed to conform to what is acceptable or expected. • similar in form or nature; consistent: this proposition might be conformable to the original conjecture. • Geology (of strata in contact ) deposited in a continuous sequence, and typically having the same direction of stratification. DERIVATIVES con form a bil i ty |-ˌfôrməˈbilitē |noun, con form a bly |-blē |adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘compliant (to ) or tractable ’): from medieval Latin conformabilis, from Latin conformare ‘to form, fashion ’ (see conform ).
Oxford Dictionary
conformable
con |form |able |kənˈfɔːməb (ə )l | ▶adjective (usu. conformable to ) (of a person ) disposed or accustomed to conform to what is acceptable. • similar in form or nature; consistent: the human adoption of practices which are conformable to biological constraints. • Geology (of strata in contact ) deposited in a continuous sequence, and having the same direction of stratification. DERIVATIVES conformability |-ˈbɪlɪti |noun, conformably adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘compliant (to ) or tractable ’): from medieval Latin conformabilis, from Latin conformare ‘to form, fashion ’ (see conform ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
conformable
con f ó rm a ble 形容詞 ⦅かたく ⦆〖be ~〗1 【規則 慣習などに 】合致した, 順応した «to » ▸ be conformable to the common practice 一般の慣習に合致する 2 «…に » 従順な «to » .