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Definitions for: Obey
[v] be obedient to
Webster (1913) Definition: O*bey", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obeyed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Obeying.] [OE. obeyen, F. ob['e]ir, fr. L. obedire,
oboedire; ob (see Ob-) + audire to hear. See Audible, and
cf. Obeisance.]
1. To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield
submission to; to comply with the orders of.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord. --Eph. vi.
1.
Was she the God, that her thou didst obey? --Milton.
2. To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.
My will obeyed his will. --Chaucer.
Afric and India shall his power obey. --Dryden.
3. To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a
ship obeys her helm.
O*bey", v. i.
To give obedience.
Will he obey when one commands? --Tennyson.
Note: By some old writers obey was used, as in the French
idiom, with the preposition to.
His servants ye are, to whom ye obey. --Rom. vi.
16.
He commanded the trumpets to sound: to which the
two brave knights obeying, they performed their
courses. --Sir. P.
Sidney.
Antonyms: disobey
See Also: abide by, adapt, adjust, comply, conform, follow, heed, listen, mind, take orders
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