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What does obey mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word obey? Here's what it means.

Verb
  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.).
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If you don't obey the higher law of prudence by watching your step on an icy day, you will be compelled to obey the lower law of gravity.
A decline in party discipline and of members' willingness to obey the whips, is one means of restoring influence to the backbenchers.
Notwithstanding superficial Western reportage and alarmist propaganda by Arab Sunnis, Arab Shias do not obey the commands of Iranian Shias.
It does not obey the law of conservation of mass since the reactants and products have different compositions of elements.
We are expected to obey all these regulations all I ask is we are aided and assisted by the police and Highways Department.
How else can you describe an all-powerful king who goes so far as to let his creation choose whether to obey him or not?

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