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Webster 1913 Edition

Disobey

Disˊo-bey′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disobeyed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disobeying
.]
[F.
désobéir
; pref.
dés-
(L.
dis-
) +
obéir
. See
Obey
, and cf.
Disobedient
.]
Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order;
as, refractory children
disobey
their parents; men
disobey
their Maker and the laws.
Not to
disobey
her lord’s behest.
Tennyson.

Disˊo-bey′

,
Verb.
I.
To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.
He durst not know how to
disobey
.
Sir P. Sidney.

Webster 1828 Edition

Disobey

DISOBEY

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and obey.] To neglect or refuse to obey; to omit or refuse to do what is commanded, or to do what is forbid; to transgress or violate an order or injunction. Refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their maker and the laws; and we all disobey the precepts of the gospel. [The word is applicable both to the command and to the person commanding.]

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