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What does obey mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word obey? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
  2. (intransitive) To do as one is told.
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
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Saying that humans, being creatures of flesh, could not obey the law was to say, in effect, that God made a bad job of creating them.
The two on the side were regular rookies, they'll cower upon orders and fail to obey when it really counts.
However the department has rebuffed calls to criminalise those who refuse to obey the law.
We can take the Middle Path and preserve our freedom without acting like stubborn and willful children every time we are asked to obey the rules.
A decline in party discipline and of members' willingness to obey the whips, is one means of restoring influence to the backbenchers.
Notwithstanding superficial Western reportage and alarmist propaganda by Arab Sunnis, Arab Shias do not obey the commands of Iranian Shias.

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