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obeys

obeys is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 obeys

Questions about obeys

What is obeys the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Obeys is the third-person singular simple present indicative of obey.

Words near obeys in the dictionary

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

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