obey (oba)

[ Ryzt byfore Godez chayere, & the fowre bestez that hym obes ,... Her songe they songen. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), i. 885. Doubted of all wher by fors, were, or wit, Euery man obbeid hym lowly In all hys marches, where wrong or ryght were it. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5084. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. I cannot obey you, if you go to-morrow to Parsons-green; your company, that place, and my promise are strong inducements, but an ague flouts them all. Donne, Letters, cxxii. Can he [God] be as well pleased with him that a as sines his Parents as with him that obeys them? Stilling fleet , Sermons, III. ix. Dryden, Æneid, vi. 1082. 2. To comply with; carry out; perform; exe Afric and India shall his power obey . cute. Let me serve In heaven God ever ble 'd, and his divine Behests obey , worthiest to be obey'd . Milton , P. L., vi. 185. "Oh! cu the cost!" says you. Do you jist obey orders and break owners, that's all you have to do. 4055