v. t.
Not to disobey her lord's behest. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient. [ 1913 Webster ]
He durst not know how to disobey. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who disobeys. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
Was she the God, that her thou didst obey? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
My will obeyed his will. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Afric and India shall his power obey. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To give obedience. [ 1913 Webster ]
Will he obey when one commands? Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ By some old writers obey was used, as in the French idiom, with the preposition to. [ 1913 Webster ]
His servants ye are, to whom ye obey. Rom. vi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
He commanded the trumpets to sound: to which the two brave knights obeying, they performed their courses. Sir. P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who yields obedience. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Obediently; submissively. [ 1913 Webster ]