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obeying

obeying is the present participle and gerund of obey.

Meaning of obey

Verb

obey (third-person singular simple present obeys, present participle obeying, simple past and past participle obeyed)

  1. (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
    • obey the rules
  2. (intransitive) To do as one is told.
    • Soldiers are trained to obey.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
    • They were all taught by Triton, to obay / To the long raynes, at her commaundement [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Phrases with obeying

Questions about obeying

What is obeying the present participle and gerund of?
Obeying is the present participle and gerund of obey.

Words near obeying in the dictionary

  1. obeyedst
  2. obeyer
  3. obeyers
  4. obeyest
  5. obeyeth
  6. obeying
  7. obeyingly
  8. obeys
  9. obeysant
  10. obeysaunt
  11. obfirm

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