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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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