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disobeys

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dis⋅o⋅bey

  [dis-uh-bey]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to neglect or refuse to obey.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME disobeien < OF desobeir, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + obeir to obey

Related forms:
dis⋅o⋅bey⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
defy, disregard, resist, ignore, oppose.
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dis·o·bey   (dĭs'ə-bā')   
v.   dis·o·beyed, dis·o·bey·ing, dis·o·beys

v.   intr.
To refuse or fail to follow an order or rule.
v.   tr.
To refuse or fail to obey (an order or rule).

[Middle English disobeien, from Old French desobeir, from Vulgar Latin *disobedīre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin oboedīre, to obey; see obey.]
dis'o·bey'er n.
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Word Origin & History

disobey 
1393, from O.Fr. desobeir (13c.), reformed with dis- from L.L. inobedire, a back-formation from inobediens "not obeying," from L. in- "not" + prp. of obedire (see obey). First record of disobedience is c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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