Definition of obey

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Obey (v. t.) To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm..

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Obtemperate :: Obtemperate (v. t.) To obey.
Disobedience :: Disobedience (n.) Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
Mind :: Mind (n.) To obey; as, to mind parents; the dog minds his master..
Disobeying :: Disobeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disobe.
Lawbreaker :: Lawbreaker (n.) One who disobeys the law; a criminal.
Steer :: Steer (v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily..
Monition :: Monition (n.) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law.
Obeyingly :: Obeyingly (adv.) Obediently; submissively.
Obey :: Obey (v. t.) To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.
Danite :: Danite (n.) One of a secret association of Mormons, bound by an oath to obey the heads of the church in all things..
Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice..
Obeyer :: Obeyer (n.) One who yields obedience.
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract..
Authority :: Authority (n.) The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority..
Complier :: Complier (n.) One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yielding temper..
Mutiny :: Mutiny (v. i.) To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority..
Disobey :: Disobey (v. t.) Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws..
Obedience :: Obedience (n.) The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control..
Obey :: Obey (v. t.) To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.
Disobeyer :: Disobeyer (n.) One who disobeys.
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