Definition of Obey

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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

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
C. S. Lewis

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
Kahlil Gibran

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

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

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
Napoleon Bonaparte

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
Katharine Hepburn

I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.
Rush Limbaugh

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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