obey
obey is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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.
- 4.To give obedience. Will he obey when one commands Tennyson. Note: By some old writers obey was used, as in the French idiom, with the preposition to. His servants ye are, to whom ye obey. Rom. vi.
- 5.He commanded the trumpets to sound: to which the two brave knights obeying, they performed their courses. Sir. P. Sidney.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- allegiance
- and
- answer
- attend
- bear
- beck
- bidding
- call
- come
- command
- compliance
- compliant
- comply
- constancy
- control
- deference
- devoted
- devotion
- done
- ductility
- end
- faithful
- fealty
- fiddle
- fidelity
- follow
- hear
- helm
- homage
- lead
- loyal
- loyalty
- nonresistance
- obedience
- obedient
- obediently
- obsequiousness
- observance
- one
- passive
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is obey.
- What is was she the God, that her thou didst obey Milton called?
- What is to submit to the authority of; to be ruled by. My will obeyed his will. Chaucer. Afric and India shall his power obey. Dryden called?
- What is to yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm called?
- What is to give obedience. Will he obey when one commands Tennyson. Note: By some old writers obey was used, as in the French idiom, with the preposition to. His servants ye are, to whom ye obey. Rom. vi called?
- What is he commanded the trumpets to sound: to which the two brave knights obeying, they performed their courses. Sir. P. Sidney called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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