OBEY
\ə͡ʊbˈe͡ɪ], \əʊbˈeɪ], \əʊ_b_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of OBEY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.
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To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.
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To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm.
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To give obedience.
By Oddity Software
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To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.
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To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.
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To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm.
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To give obedience.
By Noah Webster.
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To submit to the rule or authority of; as, to obey the commandments; comply with the orders or instructions of; as, to obey parents; to respond to direction or control of; as, a horse obeys the rein.
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Obeyed.
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To yield; do as bidden.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
