O*bey" , v. i. To give obedience.
Will he obey when one commands?
Tennyson. &fist; 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.
O*bey" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obeyed (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Obeying.]
[OE. obeyen, F. obéir, 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.
Hear it pronounced