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To obey is defined as to carry out given orders.

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An example of to obey is a dog sitting when their owner tells them to sit.

See obey in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to carry out the instructions or orders of
to carry out (an instruction or order)
to be guided by; submit to the control of: to obey one's conscience

Origin: ME obeien < OFr obeir < L obedire, to obey < OL oboedire < ob- (see ob-) + audire, to hear: see audience

intransitive verb

to be obedient

Related Forms:

obeyer noun

See obey in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb o·beyed, o·bey·ing, o·beys

verb, transitive

To carry out or fulfill the command, order, or instruction of.
To carry out or comply with (a command, for example).

verb, intransitive

To behave obediently.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English obeien

Origin: , from Old French obeir

Origin: , from Latin oboedīre, to listen to

Origin: : ob-, to; see ob-

Origin: + audīre, to hear; see au- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

o·beyˈer noun

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