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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
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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)
  1. (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
  2. (intransitive) To do as one is told.
  3. (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 :3
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