OBEY
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O*bey" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Obeying.] [OE. obeyen, F. obéir, 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.
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Children, obey your parents in the Lord.
Eph. vi. 1.
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Was she the God, that her thou didst obey?
Milton.
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2. To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.
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My will obeyed his will.
Chaucer.
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Afric and India shall his power obey.
Dryden.
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3. To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm.
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O*bey", v. i. To give obedience.
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Will he obey when one commands?
Tennyson.
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&hand_; By some old writers obey was used, as in the French idiom, with the preposition to.
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His servants ye are, to whom ye obey.
Rom. vi. 16.
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He commanded the trumpets to sound: to which the two brave knights obeying, they performed their courses.
Sir. P. Sidney.
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