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Webster 1913 Edition
Disobedient
1.
Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; – applied to persons and acts.
This
disobedient
spirit in the colonies. Burke.
Disobedient
unto the word of the Lord. 1 Kings xiii. 26.
2.
Not yielding.
Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system
disobedient
to stimuli. E. Darwin.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disobedient
DISOBEDIENT
,Adj.
1.
Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; as children disobedient to parents; citizens disobedient to the laws.I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. Acts 26.
2.
Not yielding to exciting force or power.Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli.
Definition 2024
disobedient
disobedient
English
Adjective
disobedient (comparative more disobedient, superlative most disobedient)
- Not obedient.
Derived terms
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Translations
not obedient
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