obey: Meaning and Definition of
o•bey
Pronunciation: (ō-bā'), [key]
— v.t.
- to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
- to comply with or follow (a command, restriction, wish, instruction, etc.).
- (of things) to respond conformably in action to: The car obeyed the slightest touch of the steering wheel.
- to submit or conform in action to (some guiding principle, impulse, one's conscience, etc.).
—v.i.
- to be obedient: to agree to obey.
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