Obey /(?)/

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Obey

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Obeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Obeying

  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?
  2. To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.
    My will obeyed his will.
    Afric and India shall his power obey.
  3. To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm.

Obey

v. i.
  1. To give obedience.
    Will he obey when one commands?
    His servants ye are, to whom ye obey.
    — Rom. vi. 16.
    He commanded the trumpets to sound: to which the two brave knights obeying, they performed their courses.