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Look up: obey

  1. obey
    [v] - be obedient to
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Obey
    O·bey' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Obeyed ; present participle & verbal noun Obeying .] [ Middle English obeyen , French obéir , from Latin obedire , oboedire ; ob (see Ob-) + audire to hear. See Audible , and confer Obeisance .] 1. To give ear to; ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/2

  3. Obey
    O·bey' intransitive verb To give obedience. « Will he obey when one commands?» Tennyson. » By some old writers obey was used, as in the French idiom, with the preposition to . « His servants ye are, to whom ye obey Rom. vi. 16. « He commanded the trumpets to sound: to which the two brave knights < ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/2

  4. Obey
    `Obey` can refer to: *Obedience, the act of following instructions or recognizing someone's authority *André Obey, the 20th century French playwright *David Obey, US Congressman from Wisconsin *`André the Giant Has a Posse`, which spawned the OBEY Giant movement
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obey

  5. Obey
    • (v. t.) To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of. • (v. t.) To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm. • (v. t.) To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by. • (v. i.) To give obedience.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. obey
    obey 1. Following instructions or behaving in accordance with a law, a rule, or an order. 2. To submit or to conform in action to (some guiding principle, impulse, one's conscience, etc.). 3. Etymology: from Old French obeir, from Latin oboedire, 'obey, pay attention to, to give ear to'; literally, 'listen to'; from ob-, 'to' + audire, 'to listen, to ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf


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9 November 2009

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On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached by jubilant Berliners , unifying a city that had been divided for over 30 years. The 28-mile (45 km) barrier dividing Germany's capital was built in 1961 to prevent East Berliners fleeing to the West, but as Communism in the Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe began to crumble, pressure mounted on the East German authorities to open the Berlin border. At midnight on 9th November East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. They surged through cheering and shouting and were be met by jubilant West Berliners on the other side. read more

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