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Definition of Obey
Obey

To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.

To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.

To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm.

To give obedience.

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Obey Quotations

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.
Theodore Roosevelt

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.
Victor Hugo

Good men must not obey the laws too well.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Obey Translations

obey in Afrikaans is gehoorsaam
obey in Danish is adlyde
obey in Dutch is gehoorzamen
obey in Italian is obbedire
obey in Latin is pareo
obey in Spanish is obedecer


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