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DisobedientDisobedient Dis`o*be"di*ent, a. [Pref. dis- + obedient. See
Disobey, Obedient.]
1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is
commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not
observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; --
applied to persons and acts.
This disobedient spirit in the colonies. --Burke.
Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. --1 Kings
xiii. 26.
2. Not yielding.
Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten
life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the
system disobedient to stimuli. --E. Darwin. Disobediently
Disobediently Dis`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv.
In a disobedient manner.
InobedientInobedient In`o*be"di*ent, a. [L. inoboediens, p. pr. of
inoboedire : cf.F. inobedient. See Obedient.]
Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --
In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. [Obs.] InobedientlyInobedient In`o*be"di*ent, a. [L. inoboediens, p. pr. of
inoboedire : cf.F. inobedient. See Obedient.]
Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --
In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. [Obs.] Obediently
Obediently O*be"di*ent*ly, adv.
In an obedient manner; with obedience.
Unobedient
Unobedient Un`o*be"di*ent, a.
Disobedient. [Obs.] --Milton.
Your obedient servantServant Serv"ant, n. [OE. servant, servaunt, F. servant, a &
p. pr. of servir to serve, L. servire. See Serve, and cf.
Sergeant.]
1. One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on
compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial
offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his
command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the
benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate
helper. ``A yearly hired servant.' --Lev. xxv. 53.
Men in office have begun to think themselves mere
agents and servants of the appointing power, and not
agents of the government or the country. --D.
Webster.
Note: In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailiffs, and
other agents, are servants for the time they are
employed in such character, as they act in
subordination to others. So any person may be legally
the servant of another, in whose business, and under
whose order, direction, and control, he is acting for
the time being. --Chitty.
2. One in a state of subjection or bondage.
Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. --Deut. v.
15.
3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.]
In my time a servant was I one. --Chaucer.
Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of
servitude.
Your humble servant, or Your obedient servant, phrases of
civility often used in closing a letter.
Our betters tell us they are our humble servants,
but understand us to be their slaves. --Swift.
Meaning of Obedient from wikipedia
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still choose to
submit to the demand, they are
acting obediently.
Humans have been
shown to be
obedient in the
presence of
perceived legitimate authority...
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destroyers of the
British Royal Navy have been
named HMS
Obedient: The first, HMS
Obedient (1916),
launched in 1916, was an
Admiralty M-class destroyer...
- The
Obedient Wives Club is an
international Islamic religious organization which claims to
promote harmonious families by
teaching wives how to be submissive...
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Physostegia virginiana, the
obedient plant,
obedience or
false dragonhead, is a
species of
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- An
Obedient Father is a 2000
novel by
Akhil Sharma. It
received the 2001
Hemingway Foundation/PEN
Award and
Whiting Writers' Award. Set
during the ********ination...
- HMS
Obedient was an O-class
destroyer of the
Royal Navy. She was
built by
William Denny and
Brothers of Dumbarton,
between 1940 and 1942.
During Warship...
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obedient servant."
Letters to the pope
should end, "I have the
honour to be Your Holiness's most
devoted and
obedient child." (substituting "
obedient...
- "Your
Obedient Servant" is the
twentieth song from Act 2 of the
musical Hamilton,
based on the life of
Alexander Hamilton,
which premiered on Broadway...
- Your
Obedient Servant is a play by
Sumner Locke Elliott. It was
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