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vb. 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.


 - vb. To give obedience. By some old writers obey was used, as in the French idiom, with the preposition to.