obey
IPA: oʊbˈeɪ
verb
- (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
- (intransitive) To do as one is told.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
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Examples of "obey" in Sentences
- Even the truculent Taiaroa obeyed.
- The men obeyed, but the women did not.
- The monarch is expected to obey the law.
- She obeys to save herself from the lash.
- Contumacy is the refusal to obey a court order.
- However, the pressure obeys the thermodynamic relation.
- The bosonic field operators obey the commutation relation.
- The particles of a rigid body obey the holonomic constraint.
- Instead of obeying the orders, the group attacked the policeman.
- After the muster, the recruits swore to obey the articles of war.
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