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verb (used with object)

to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.

to comply with or follow (a command, restriction, wish, instruction, etc.).

(of things) to respond conformably in action to: The car obeyed the slightest touch of the steering wheel.

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

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verb (used without object)

to be obedient: to agree to obey.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English obeien < Old French obeir < Latin oboedīre, equivalent to ob- ob- + audīre to hear; -oe- for expected -ū- is unclear

Related forms

o·bey·a·ble, adjective

o·bey·er, noun

o·bey·ing·ly, adverb

un·o·beyed, adjective

un·o·bey·ing, adjective

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well-o·beyed, adjective

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Others have attacked her for picking and choosing which laws she will and will not obey.

Children lower down the birth order have different characteristics, generally making them not inclined to obey or fit in.

Regional governors must obey federal law or risk dismissal.

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Others have attacked her for picking and choosing which laws she will and will not obey.

Children lower down the birth order have different characteristics, generally making them not inclined to obey or fit in.

Regional governors must obey federal law or risk dismissal.

King believed that peaceful refusal to obey unjust law was the best way to bring about social change.

All other physics obey special relativity so it shouldn't be controversial that quantum mechanics does too.

Robots will be able to obey a pointed finger or a verbal command, and then tackle a job without flesh-and-blood micromanagement.

If the hospital and care givers won't obey it, they must inform the patient.

My brain wouldn't obey me, nor my parents or my teachers.

Concerned foreign leaders ask him to obey his own laws, to stop his supporters from torturing dissidents, and so on.

Different species obey different internal and external signals that cue their migration.

The good folks don't need laws and the bad one's won't obey them anyway.

For that reason, hypermilers scrupulously obey the speed limit.

The notion that people obey rules when they know they are being watched may not be true anymore.

Max's willingness to obey the order is what does that.

He is clearly on the side of the foot-soldier trying to obey demanding superiors.

All humans, hopefully pack leaders, that to make the dog obey them.

Now they find a life form that doesn't obey our parochial definition of how they should live.

Obey the conventions of the setting and you can tell any kind of story you want.

Today, they are mere employees, forced to obey their students and the administrators.

Where sane gammarids obey the force of gravity, mad gammarids rebel against it.

My husband wants to know why the dogs obey me so well and follow me around far more than anyone else.

Again, models are easier if they don't have to obey the laws of physics.

Maggi-like, it will lend cattle to other ranchers provided they obey the law.

Of course microscopic particles also obey the laws of thermodynamics.

Robots may not injure humans, must obey them, and must protect themselves without violating the first two rules.

Multiculturalism is one thing but people must obey the laws of the land.

God has sent her to do this, she says, so she must obey.

The awkward thing is that teens do not always obey rules, especially when there are dates to impress.

Soldiers have no choice but to obey orders: to kill and to be killed.

Traffic does not always obey red lights or one-way signs.

But they will obey the law in whichever way they can, including by closing their doors.

They decide who can join their cosy clubs and expect the rest of the world to obey the instructions they hand down.

Nature doesn't always obey the rules of textbook science.

Be sure to obey private property restrictions while walking to the beach.

However, that could result in a court-martial for failure to obey orders.

Obey raised a point of order against the motion to recommit with instructions.

Wait a minute, the purpose of that experiment is to test the hypothesis that pendulums obey the law of harmonic motion.

Do obey local rules as you should with other countries, including those of internet access.

The study found that people will, not surprisingly, obey the speed limit if they feel there is a risk they'd get caught breaking.

Yet he made the request to a friend who had vowed he could never obey it.

Another is how to balance help for ethnic and religious minorities with a harder-nosed insistence that all citizens obey the law.

Know and obey the law first of all and then the examiners second.

We vote, pay taxes, do volunteer work and obey the law.

His overt message was that people should obey the law.

Clerc will not die because his guest resented being asked to obey the nonsmoking law.

Increase production decrease production oil obey the orders.

Now that he is awake, he wants everyone to obey him and takes a dim view of his wife's having had a boyfriend all these years.

If you don't want to obey it, if you have a lot of excuses, why you signed it or not abandon it now.

But the inclination to obey and follow adult instruction is both good and bad.

If crisis brings war, soldiers will obey orders without complaint.

Motorists do not obey stop signs, blinking red and yellow lights or speed limits.

Being that you're a foreigner, you should obey any and all discernable local traffic laws.

Bridges, abetted by gobs of makeup, captures the frustration and rage of a man whose body and mind refuse to obey his will.

The prisoners are sent to lockdown for failing to obey prison rules.

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World English Dictionary

obey (əˈbeɪ)

—vb
1.	to carry out (instructions or orders); comply with (demands)
2.	to behave or act in accordance with (one's feelings, whims, etc)

[C13: from Old French obéir, from Latin oboedīre, from ob- to, towards + audīre to hear]

o'beyer

—n

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Word Origin & History

obey

late 13c., from O.Fr. obeir, from L. oboedire "obey, pay attention to, give ear," lit. "listen to," from ob "to" + audire "listen, hear" (see audience). Same sense development is in cognate O.E. hiersumnian.

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"There will, however, be no one in need among you, because the LORD is sure to bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as a possession to occupy, if only you will obey the LORD your God by diligently observing this entire commandment that I command you today."

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