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<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>This <b>disobedient</b> spirit in the colonies. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Disobedient</b> unto the word of the Lord. <i>1 Kings xiii. 26.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not yielding.</def>

<blockquote>Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system <b>disobedient</b> to stimuli. <i>E. Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disobediently</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis`o*be"di*ent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a disobedient manner.</def>

<h1>Disobeisance</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis`o*bei"sance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82sob\'82issance</ets>.]</ety> <def>Disobedience.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>E. Hall.</i>

<h1>Disobeisant</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis`o*bei"sant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82sob\'82issant</ets>.]</ety> <def>Disobedient.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Disobey</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis`o*bey"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disobeyed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disobeying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82sob\'82ir</ets>; pref. <ets>d\'82s-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>ob\'82ir</ets>. See <er>Obey</er>, and cf. <er>Disobedient</er>.]</ety> <def>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>as, refractory children <ex>disobey</ex> their parents; men <ex>disobey</ex> their Maker and the laws.</as></def>

<blockquote>Not to <b>disobey</b> her lord's behest. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disobey</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis`o*bey"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.</def>

<blockquote>He durst not know how to <b>disobey</b>. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disobeyer</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis`o*bey"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who disobeys.</def>

<h1>Disobligation</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*ob`li*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of disobliging.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A disobliging act; an offense.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Clarendon.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Release from obligation.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Disobligatory</h1> <Xpage=427>