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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Obey \O*bey"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Obeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obeying}.] [OE. obeyen, F. ob['e]ir, fr. L. obedire, oboedire; ob (see Ob-) + audire to hear. See {Audible}, and cf. {Obeisance}.]
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.
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