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o⋅be⋅di⋅ent
[oh-bee-dee-uh
nt] 
–adjective
| obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority: an obedient son. |
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| o·be·di·ent (ō-bē'dē-ənt) adj. Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin oboediēns, oboedient-, present participle of oboedīre, to obey; see obey.] o·be'di·ent·ly adv. |
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Obedient
O*be"di*ent\, a. [OF. obedient, L. obediens, oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See Obey.] Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. And floating straight, obedient to the stream. --Shak. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. --Pope. Syn: Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.
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Language Translation for : obedient
Spanish:
obediente,
German:
gehorsam,
Japanese:
従順な
obedient
c.1225, from O.Fr. obedient (11c.), from L. obedientem (nom. obediens), prp. of oboedire "to obey" (see obey). Obedience in ref. to dog training is attested from 1930.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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