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English Dictionary: obeyed by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Obey \O*bey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Obeying}.] [OE. obeyen, F. ob[82]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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