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Definition of Obeyed
1. obey [v] - See also: obey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obeyed
Literary usage of Obeyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe (1794)
"... requiring her attendance in the cedar parlour, which me obeyed with trembling,
and, ... obeyed ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... which is, that if the dragoons had obeyed their orders, and not have fired
and fallen upon the enemy, which was positively against the General's orders, ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"The report a least was diligently propagated, and the order cheerfully obeyed by
the conspirators, who had already agreed to place Claudius on the throne. ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"He bounded to the skiff, the sail Was spread betöre a prosperous gale, And well
my charge he hath obeyed; For see ! the ruddy signal made That Clifford with ..."
5. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"About half after two o'clock, Captain Moss made the signal to engage, which was
obeyed with a cool and determined firmness, that, to use his own expression ..."
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