Obeys vs Obey - What's the difference?
obeys | obey |
(obey)
To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
To do as one is told.
(obsolete) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iv:
To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
To do as one is told.
(obsolete) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iv:
As verbs the difference between obeys and obey
is that obeys is third-person singular of obey while obey is to do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.obeys
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(head)Anagrams
* *obey
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(en verb)- They were all taught by Triton, to obay / To the long raynes, at her commaundement [...].
Antonyms
* disobey * defy * rebel * resist * violate (especially rules )External links
* * 1000 English basic wordsobey
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Verb
(en verb)- They were all taught by Triton, to obay / To the long raynes, at her commaundement [...].