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Obey Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Obey? [v] be obedient to Synonyms \| Synonyms for Obey: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Obey: abide by \| accede \| accept \| acquiesce \| acquiesce in \| act \| adhere to \| agree \| agree to \| assent \| attend to orders \| be agreeable \| bend to \| bow \| bow to \| carry out \| comply \| comply with \| condone \| conform \| conform to \| conform with \| consent \| consent to \| countenance \| defer \| defer to \| discharge \| do \| effect \| execute \| face the music \| follow \| follow the book \| fulfill \| give way to \| go along with \| grin and abide \| harken to \| heed \| keep \| knock under \| knuckle down \| knuckle under \| knuckle under to \| let go by \| let pass \| listen to \| live with it \| mark \| meet \| mind \| not resist \| obey the rules \| observe \| overlook \| perform \| regard \| relent \| resign \| respect \| rise above \| satisfy \| serve \| shrug \| shrug it off \| stay in line \| submit \| submit to \| succumb \| succumb to \| swallow it \| swallow the pill \| take \| take it \| take orders \| toe the line \| truckle to \| yield \| yield to See Also \| abide by \| adapt \| adjust \| comply \| conform \| follow \| heed \| listen \| mind \| take orders Obey In Webster's Dictionary \Obey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obeying}.] [OE. obeyen, F. ob['e]ir, fr. L. obedire, oboedire; ob (see Ob-) + audire to hear. See {Audible}, and cf. {Obeisance}.] 1. To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. --Eph. vi. 1. Was she the God, that her thou didst obey? --Milton. 2. To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by. My will obeyed his will. --Chaucer. Afric and India shall his power obey. --Dryden. 3. To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm. \Obey"\, v. i. To give obedience. Will he obey when one commands? --Tennyson. Note: 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 obeying, they performed their courses. --Sir. P. Sidney.

Obey Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Obey?

[v] be obedient to

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Obey In Webster's Dictionary

\O*bey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Obeying}.] [OE. obeyen, F. ob['e]ir, fr. L. obedire,
oboedire; ob (see Ob-) + audire to hear. See {Audible}, and
cf. {Obeisance}.]
1. To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield
   submission to; to comply with the orders of.

         Children, obey your parents in the Lord. --Eph. vi.
                                               1.

         Was she the God, that her thou didst obey? --Milton.

2. To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.

         My will obeyed his will.              --Chaucer.

         Afric and India shall his power obey. --Dryden.

3. To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a
   ship obeys her helm.


\O*bey"\, v. i.
To give obedience.

      Will he obey when one commands?          --Tennyson.

Note: 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 obeying, they performed their
            courses.                           --Sir. P.
                                               Sidney.

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