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obey (oh) and Fowler, H(enry) W(atson) (sh)


obey (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: obeir, from Latin oboedire, from audire 'to hear']
to do what someone in authority tells you to do, or what a law or rule says you must do
-opposite disobey disobey
::The little boy made no effort to obey.
::'Sit!' he said, and the dog obeyed him instantly.
obey an order/command
::Soldiers are expected to obey orders without questioning them.
obey the law/rules
::Failure to obey the law can lead to a large fine.
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HINT sense 1
Do not say 'obey to' someone or something. Obey must be followed directly by a noun: He refused to obey their orders (NOT He refused to obey to their orders).

Fowler, H(enry) W(atson) (sh)




born March 10, 1858, Tonbridge, Kent, Eng.
died Dec. 26, 1933, Hinton St. George, Somerset

English lexicographer and philologist.

With his brother, Francis George Fowler (d. 1918), he wrote The King's English (1906) and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English (1911). H.W. Fowler's major work, planned with his brother, was A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926), an alphabetical listing of points of grammar, syntax, style, pronunciation, and punctuation, whose depth, style, and humour have made it a classic.