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Obey
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To give obedience. Will he obey when one commands Tennyson.