Obey

v. t.	1.	To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of. [imp. & p. p. Obeyed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Obeying.] 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.
v. i.	1.	To give obedience. Will he obey when one commands? - Tennyson. 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. - Sir. P. Sidney.

Verb

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obey - be obedient to Antonyms: disobey - refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his superviser and was fired"

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