| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | o·bey |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -b  |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: o·beyed, o·bey·ing, o·beys
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To carry out or fulfill the command, order, or instruction of. 2. To carry out or comply with (a command, for example). | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To behave obediently. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English obeien, from Old French obeir, from Latin oboed re, to listen to : ob-, to; see ob– + audre, to hear; see au- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | o·beyer —NOUN
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