Obey
Obey , transitive verb
[Old English obeyen, French obéir, from Latin obedire, oboedire; ob (see Ob-) + audire to hear. See Audible, and compare Obeisance.]
1.
To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord.
Was she the God, that her thou didst obey?
2.
To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.
My will obeyed his will.
Afric and India shall his power obey.
3.
To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm.
Obey , intransitive verb
To give obedience.
Will he obey when one commands?
His servants ye are, to whom ye obey.
He commanded the trumpets to sound: to which the two brave knights obeying, they performed their courses.
By some old writers obey was used, as in the French idiom, with the preposition to.