obey

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< Middle English obeyen < Old French obeir < Latin obaedire, less prop. obedire, later L. also obaudire, ML. obedire (“‘to listen to, harken, usually in extended sense, obey, be subject to, serve’”) < ob (“‘before, near’”) + audire (“‘to hear’”); see audient.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

[edit] Verb

to obey (third-person singular simple present obeys, present participle obeying, simple past and past participle obeyed)

1. To do as ordered.

[edit] Antonyms

• defy
• disobey

[edit] Related terms

• obedience
• obedient

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• obey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• obey in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911