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Definition obey

Etymology

From Middle English obeyen, from Anglo-Norman obeir, obeier et al., Old French obeir, from Latin oboedi? (also ob?di? (“to listen to, harken, usually in extended sense, obey, be subject to, serve”)), from ob- (“before, near”) + audi? (“to hear”). Compare audient. In Latin, ob + audire would have been expected to become Classical Latin *ob?di? (compare in + claud? becoming incl?d?), but it has been theorized that the usual law court associations of the word for obeying encouraged a false archaism from ? to oe, to oboedi? (compare Old Latin oinos ? Classical Latin ?nus).

Verb

obey (third-person singular simple present obeys, present participle obeying, simple past and past participle obeyed)

  1. (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
  2. (intransitive) To do as one is told.
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).

Results 458 Words with the letters OBEY

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BETONY 12
BEYOND 13
BLOOEY 12
BOGEYS 13
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BOWERY 14
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BUOYED 13
BYGONE 14
EMBODY 15
EMBOLY 15
EMBRYO 14
FORBYE 14
FOREBY 14
OBEYED 12
OBEYER 11
OUTBYE 12
REBODY 12
SYBOES 11
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BOGEY 12
BONEY 11
EBONY 11
OBEYS 10
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BOY 8
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OBE 6
YOB 8
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BO 5
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YO 4

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