disobey
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Etymology
From Old French desobeir.
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Verb
disobey (third-person singular simple present disobeys, present participle disobeying, simple past and past participle disobeyed)
- (transitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody).
- disobey the rules
- disobey your parents
- (intransitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.
- 1984, 10:44 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), spoken by Princess Irulan, →OCLC:
- The powerful Bene Gesserit sisterhood for ninety generations has been manipulating bloodlines to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, a superbeing. On Caladan, Jessica, a member of the sisterhood and the bound concubine of Duke Leto Atreides, had been ordered to bear only daughters. Because of her love for the duke, she disobeyed and gave birth to a son: Paul, Paul Atreides.
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to refuse to obey an order
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