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Webster 1913 Edition

Obedient

O-be′di-ent

,
Adj.
[OF.
obedient
, L.
obediens
,
oboediens
,
-entis
. p. pr. of
obedire
,
oboedire
, to obey. See
Obey
.]
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.
And floating straight,
obedient
to the stream.
Shakespeare
The chief his orders gives; the
obedient
band,
With due observance, wait the chief’s command.
Pope.
Syn. – Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.

Webster 1828 Edition

Obedient

OBE'DIENT

,
Adj.
[L. obediens.] Submissive to authority; yielding compliance with commands, orders or injunctions; performing what is required, or abstaining from what is forbid.
The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, with due observance, wait the chief's command.

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