Definition of obey

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Obey (v. i.) To give obedience.

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Question :: Question (n.) Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question..
Obeisant :: Obeisant (a.) Ready to obey; reverent; differential; also, servilely submissive..
Authority :: Authority (n.) The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority..
Steer :: Steer (v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily..
Obtemper :: Obtemper (v. t. & i.) To obey (a judgment or decree).
Obey :: Obey (v. i.) To give obedience.
Obeying :: Obeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obe.
Hear :: Hear (v. t.) To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to-morrow..
Obeyingly :: Obeyingly (adv.) Obediently; submissively.
Mutiny :: Mutiny (v. i.) To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority..
Lawbreaker :: Lawbreaker (n.) One who disobeys the law; a criminal.
Monition :: Monition (n.) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law.
Nonobedience :: Nonobedience (n.) Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.
Observe :: Observe (v. t.) To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility..
Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice..
Buxom :: Buxom (a.) Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.
Hearken :: Hearken (v. i.) To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply..
Complier :: Complier (n.) One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yielding temper..
Disobedient :: Disobedient (a.) Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts..
Disobedience :: Disobedience (n.) Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
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