Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Disobey

Disobey , transitive verb

[French désobéir; pref. dés- (Latin dis-) + obéir. See Obey, and compare Disobedient.]

Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws.
Not to disobey her lord's behest. — Tennyson

Disobey , intransitive verb

To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.
He durst not know how to disobey. — Sir P. Sidney