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obey (verb), obeys; obeyed; obeying
1. To follow instructions or behavior in accordance with a law, a rule, or an order: In school the children have to obey not only the teacher but also the principal.
2. To submit or to conform in action to (some guiding principle, impulse, one's conscience, etc.): Jill had a good sense of justice and always obeyed her conscience of fairness and integrity.
3. Etymology: from Old French obeir, from Latin oboedire, "obey, pay attention to, to give ear to"; literally, "listen to"; from ob-, "to" + audire, "to listen, to hear".
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