Obey Definition
- serve
- come at call
- do as one says
- redeem one's pledge
- do one's duty
- do what is expected of one
- play-second-fiddle
- fulfill
- do one's bidding
- assent
- accede
- concur
- consent
- accord
- do what one is told
Origin of Obey
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From Anglo-Norman obeir, obeier et al., Old French obeir, from Latin oboedire (also obÄ“dÄ«re (“to listen to, harken, usually in extended sense, obey, be subject to, serve")), from ob- (“before, near") + audÄ«re (“to hear"). Compare audient.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English obeien from Old French obeir from Latin oboedīre to listen to ob- to ob– audīre to hear au- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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