Obey
21obey — [[t]oʊbe͟ɪ[/t]] obeys, obeying, obeyed VERB If you obey a person, a command, or an instruction, you do what you are told to do. [V n] Cissie obeyed her mother without question... [V n] Most people obey the law... It was still Baker s duty to obey …
22obey*/ — [əˈbeɪ] verb [I/T] to do what a person, law, or rule says that you must do Officers expect their troops to obey them without question.[/ex] Drivers are not obeying the new traffic laws.[/ex] The soldiers were used to obeying orders.[/ex] • Word… …
23obey — [13] ‘To hear is to obey’ carries more than a germ of etymological truth. For obey comes via Old French obeir from Latin ōbēdīre, which meant literally ‘listen to’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix ob ‘to’ and audīre ‘hear’ (source… …
24obey — verb (obeyed; obeying) Etymology: Middle English obeien, from Anglo French obeir, from Latin oboedire, from ob toward + oedire (akin to audire to hear) more at ob , audible Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to follow the commands or guidance… …
25obey — obeyable, adj. obeyer, n. obeyingly, adv. /oh bay /, v.t. 1. to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one s parents. 2. to comply with or follow (a command, restriction, wish, instruction, etc.). 3 …
26Obey — Perhaps not surprisingly this English surname recorded in the spellings of Obee, Obie, Obey, Oboy and Oby, has long raised some differences of opinion between researchers. The eminent Victorian researcher Mr M A Lower in his famous 1842 book… …
27obey — o•bey [[t]oʊˈbeɪ[/t]] v. t. 1) to comply with the wishes, instructions, or commands of 2) to comply with or follow: to obey orders[/ex] 3) to respond readily to: The car obeys my slightest touch on the steering wheel[/ex] 4) to submit or conform… …
28obey — /oʊˈbeɪ / (say oh bay) verb (t) 1. to comply with or fulfil the commands or instructions of: obey your parents. 2. to comply with or fulfil (a command, etc.). 3. (of things) to respond conformably in action to: a ship obeys the helm. 4. to submit …
29obey — see he that cannot obey cannot command obey orders, if you break owners …
30obey — v. 1 tr. a carry out the command of (you will obey me). b carry out (a command) (obey orders). 2 intr. do what one is told to do. 3 tr. be actuated by (a force or impulse). Derivatives: obeyer n. Etymology: ME f. OF obeir f. L obedire (as OB ,… …
