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obey

[ oh-bey ]

verb (used with object)

  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. (of things) to respond conformably in action to:

    The car obeyed the slightest touch of the steering wheel.

  4. to submit or conform in action to (some guiding principle, impulse, one's conscience, etc.).


verb (used without object)

  1. to be obedient:

    to agree to obey.

obey

/ əˈɪ /

verb

  1. to carry out (instructions or orders); comply with (demands)
  2. to behave or act in accordance with (one's feelings, whims, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of obey1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English obeien, from Old French obeir, from Latin DzDZī, equivalent to ob- ob- + ܻī “to hear”; -oe- for expected -ū- is unclear
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of obey1

C13: from Old French Dzé, from Latin DzDZī, from ob- to, towards + ܻī to hear
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Example Sentences

Subjects meant to obey and praise their leader but never to challenge them.

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