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obedient
(mass) | obedient
- poslušný |
obedient
(encz) | obedient,poslušný |
Obedient
(gcide) | Obedient \O*be"di*ent\, a. [OF. obedient, L. obediens,
oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See
Obey.]
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey;
submissive to restraint, control, or command.
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And floating straight, obedient to the stream. --Shak.
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The chief his orders gives; the obedient band,
With due observance, wait the chief's command. --Pope.
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Syn: Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.
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obedient
(wn) | obedient
adj 1: dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of
those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient
children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the
obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory
remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke [ant: disobedient] |
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disobedient
(mass) | disobedient
- neposlušný |
disobedient
(encz) | disobedient,neposlušný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disobediently
(encz) | disobediently, |
more obediently
(encz) | more obediently,poslušněji |
obedient plant
(encz) | obedient plant, n: |
obediently
(encz) | obediently,poslušně adv: Václav Dvořák |
Disobedient
(gcide) | Disobedient \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.
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This disobedient spirit in the colonies. --Burke.
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Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. --1 Kings
xiii. 26.
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2. Not yielding.
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Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten
life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the
system disobedient to stimuli. --E. Darwin.
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Disobediently
(gcide) | Disobediently \Dis`o*be"di*ent*ly\, adv.
In a disobedient manner.
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Inobedient
(gcide) | Inobedient \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.]
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Inobediently
(gcide) | Inobedient \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.]
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Obedient
(gcide) | Obedient \O*be"di*ent\, a. [OF. obedient, L. obediens,
oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See
Obey.]
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey;
submissive to restraint, control, or command.
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And floating straight, obedient to the stream. --Shak.
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The chief his orders gives; the obedient band,
With due observance, wait the chief's command. --Pope.
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Syn: Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.
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Obediential
(gcide) | Obediential \O*be`di*en"tial\, a. [Cf. F. ob['e]dientiel.]
According to the rule of obedience. [R.]
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An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. --Sir
M. Hale.
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Obediently
(gcide) | Obediently \O*be"di*ent*ly\, adv.
In an obedient manner; with obedience.
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Unobedient
(gcide) | Unobedient \Un`o*be"di*ent\, a.
Disobedient. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Your most humble most obedient servant
(gcide) | Servant \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.
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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.
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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.
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2. One in a state of subjection or bondage.
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Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. --Deut. v.
15.
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3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.]
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In my time a servant was I one. --Chaucer.
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Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of
servitude.
Your humble servant, or Your obedient servant, phrases of
civility formerly often used in closing a letter, now
archaic; -- at one time such phrases were exaggerated to
include Your most humble, most obedient servant.
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Our betters tell us they are our humble servants,
but understand us to be their slaves. --Swift.
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Your obedient servant
(gcide) | Servant \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.
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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.
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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.
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2. One in a state of subjection or bondage.
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Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. --Deut. v.
15.
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3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.]
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In my time a servant was I one. --Chaucer.
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Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of
servitude.
Your humble servant, or Your obedient servant, phrases of
civility formerly often used in closing a letter, now
archaic; -- at one time such phrases were exaggerated to
include Your most humble, most obedient servant.
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Our betters tell us they are our humble servants,
but understand us to be their slaves. --Swift.
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disobedient
(wn) | disobedient
adj 1: not obeying or complying with commands of those in
authority; "disobedient children" [ant: obedient]
2: unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers" [syn:
disobedient, unruly] |
disobediently
(wn) | disobediently
adv 1: in a disobedient manner; "he went ahead disobediently and
did what his supervisor had warned him not to do" [ant:
obediently, yieldingly] |
obedient plant
(wn) | obedient plant
n 1: North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or
white flowers [syn: false dragonhead, {false dragon
head}, obedient plant, Physostegia virginiana] |
obediently
(wn) | obediently
adv 1: in an obedient manner; "obediently she slipped off her
right shoe and stocking" [syn: obediently,
yieldingly] [ant: disobediently] |
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