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o·bey
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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.).
Obey
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verb (used without object)
5.
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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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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Example Sentences
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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Collins
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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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