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    o·bey
    [əˈbā]
    verb
    obey (verb) · obeys (third person present) · obeyed (past tense) · obeyed (past participle) · obeying (present participle)
    1. comply with the command, direction, or request of (a person or a law); submit to the authority of:
      "I always obey my father"
      • carry out (a command or instruction):
        "the officer was convicted for refusing to obey orders" · "when the order was repeated, he refused to obey"
      • behave in accordance with (a general principle, natural law, etc.):
        "the universe was complex but it obeyed certain rules"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French obeir, from Latin oboedire, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + audire ‘hear’.
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    verb
    1. comply with the command, direction, or request of (a person or a law); submit to the authority of:
      do what someone says
      take/accept orders from
      carry out/follow the orders of
      be dutiful to
      submit to
      defer to
      be ruled by
      give way/in to
      yield to
      surrender to
      truckle to
      comply with
      adhere to
      abide by
      act in accordance with
      conform to
      acquiesce in
      consent to
      agree to
      play it by the book
     
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