— obeyable , adj. — obeyer , n. — obeyingly , adv.
/oh bay"/ , v.t.
1. to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
2. to comply with or follow (a command, restriction, wish, instruction, etc.).
3. (of things) to respond conformably in action to: The car obeyed the slightest touch of the steering wheel.
4. to submit or conform in action to (some guiding principle, impulse, one's conscience, etc.).
v.i.
5. to be obedient: to agree to obey.
[ 1250-1300; ME obeien obeir oboedire, equiv. to ob- OB- + audire to hear; -oe- for expected -u- is unclear ]