Obey
11obey — ► VERB 1) submit to the authority of. 2) carry out (an order). 3) behave in accordance with (a principle or law). ORIGIN Old French obeir, from Latin oboedire, from audire hear …
12obey — 01. We are trying to teach our dog to [obey], but he is just plain stupid. 02. Actress Katherine Hepburn once remarked that if you [obey] all the rules, you miss all the fun. 03. If you don t [obey] the rules, you will be asked to leave. 04. In… …
13obey — o|bey [əuˈbeı, ə US ou , ə ] v [I and T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: obeir, from Latin oboedire, from audire to hear ] to do what someone in authority tells you to do, or what a law or rule says you must do ≠ ↑disobey ▪ The little boy …
14obey — verb ADVERB ▪ immediately, instantly, quickly ▪ She was used to having her orders instantly obeyed. ▪ blindly, meekly ▪ unquestioningly …
15obey */*/ — UK [əˈbeɪ] / US [oʊˈbeɪ] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms obey : present tense I/you/we/they obey he/she/it obeys present participle obeying past tense obeyed past participle obeyed 1) to do what a law or a person says that you must do… …
16obey — verb (I, T) to do what someone in a position of authority tells you to do, or to do what a law or rule says you must do: The men always obey him. | “Stand still!” he bellowed. Only a few obeyed. | obey an order/command: Soldiers are expected to… …
17obey — dis·obey; obey; obey·able; obey·ance; obey·er; …
18obey — o|bey [ ou beı ] verb intransitive or transitive * 1. ) to do what a law or person says you must do: He told the dog to sit and it immediately obeyed. Officers expect their troops to obey them without question. obey an order/command/instruction:… …
19obey — verb 1) I was honor bound to obey Syn: do what someone says, carry out someone s orders; submit to, defer to, bow to, yield to, give in to 2) he refused to obey the order Syn: carry out, perform, act on, execute …
20obey — [13] ‘To hear is to obey’ carries more than a germ of etymological truth. For obey comes via Old French obeir from Latin ōbēdīre, which meant literally ‘listen to’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix ob ‘to’ and audīre ‘hear’ (source… …
