Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
refuse to go along with;
refuse to follow;
be disobedient;
- Example: "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disobey \Dis`o*bey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobeyed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Disobeying.] [F. d['e]sob['e]ir; pref. d['e]s- (L.
dis-) + ob['e]ir. See Obey, and cf. Disobedient.]
Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his
commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one
in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory
children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and
the laws.
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Not to disobey her lord's behest. --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disobey \Dis`o*bey"\, v. i.
To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be
disobedient.
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He durst not know how to disobey. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disobey
v 1: refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient;
"He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" [ant: obey]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
DISOBEY, v.t. To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity
of a command.
His right to govern me is clear as day,
My duty manifest to disobey;
And if that fit observance e'er I shut
May I and duty be alike undone.
Israfel Brown