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What's obey?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 6:33 pm
by GhostAction
Have no idea
Re: What's obey?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 7:38 pm
by Sulunia
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Re: What's obey?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:09 pm
by Robin
Re: What's obey?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 9:11 pm
by Jasoco
Just do it.
Re: What's obey?
Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 8:36 am
by vrld
obey (/ə(ʊ)ˈbeɪ/)
from Anglo-Norman
obeir,
obeier et al., Old French
obeir, from Latin
oboedire (also
obēdīre (“to listen to, harken, usually in extended sense, obey, be subject to, serve”)), from
ob- (“before, near”) +
audīre (“to hear”). Compare
audient.
Verb: obey (
third-person singular simple present obeys
, present participle obeying
, simple past and past participle obeyed)
- (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
- (intransitive) To do as one is told.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
See also
here.
Re: What's obey?
Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 9:08 am
by Stifu
vrld wrote:Old French obeir
It's still commonly used in French. Unless they're considering
obeir isn't the same word as
obéir.
Re: What's obey?
Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 6:04 pm
by Ulydev
Agreed! Il ne faut pas poser de questions, mais simplement obéir.
Re: What's obey?
Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 6:24 pm
by Vimm
just DO IT
Re: What's obey?
Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 4:18 pm
by Chef_Panic
i want to get off mr obey's wild ride
Re: What's obey?
Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 4:47 pm
by zorg
Chef_Panic wrote:i want to get off mr obey's wild ride
Lewd, i'm pretty sure "mr obey's wild ride" doesn't want you doing that to it
(off of)