Obey word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "obey" word

[verb] be obedient to

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\O*bey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obeying}.] [OE. obeyen, F. ob['e]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.
\O*bey"\, v. i. 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. 16. He commanded the trumpets to sound: to which the two brave knights obeying, they performed their courses. --Sir. P. Sidney.

Antonyms: disobey

Related terms: abide by, acquiesce, assent, be agreeable, comply with, condone, execute, face the music, give way to, go along with, grin and abide, heed, keep, live with it, meet, observe, overlook, relent, stay in line, submit, swallow the pill, take

The fun area, different aproach to word »obey«

Let's analyse "obey" as pure text. This string has Four letters in Two syllables and Two vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: YEBO. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: --- -... . -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: obey: 6 + 5 = 11, reduced: 11 (or 9 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: obey: 6 + 2 + 5 + 7 = 20, reduced: 2, and the final result is Two.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
B (1)	2	High Priestess	Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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