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obey

[ oh-bey ]

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.).


verb (used without object)

  1. to be obedient:

    to agree to obey.

obey

/ 蓹藞产别瑟 /

verb

  1. to carry out (instructions or orders); comply with (demands)
  2. to behave or act in accordance with (one's feelings, whims, etc)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 辞藞产别测别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辞路产别测顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 辞路产别测顎侥谤 noun
  • 辞路产别测顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍顎卭路产别测别诲顎 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卭路产别测顎僫苍驳 adjective
  • 飞别濒濒顎-辞路产别测别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of obey1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English obeien, from Old French obeir, from Latin 辞产辞别诲墨谤别, equivalent to ob- ob- + 补耻诲墨谤别 鈥渢o hear鈥; -oe- for expected -奴- is unclear
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of obey1

C13: from Old French 辞产茅颈谤, from Latin 辞产辞别诲墨谤别, from ob- to, towards + 补耻诲墨谤别 to hear
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The real question is whether he will obey court orders.

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In his affidavit last week, the spy chief said that it was "clear" that if there were to be a constitutional crisis, Netanyahu would expect him to obey the prime minister and not the courts.

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Trump and White House officials have said they will obey court rulings, even as the president lambasts many of the judges who issue them and the administration at times moves slowly to fully comply.

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And according to Pew, 78% of Americans believe that the administration must obey the rulings of the courts.

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Once the fighting stops, the thinking goes, both soldiers and civilians will remember whether those on the other side obeyed international law, or whether they committed atrocities.

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