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unoˈbedient, ppl. a. (un-1 7, 5 b.)
1382Wyclif Titus i. 10 Ther ben manye vnobedient, and veyn spekeris. a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 15 Þe pacient is waike of herte or vnobedient for to persew his cure. c1440Jacob's Well 71 Who-so were vnobedyent to his fadyr & modyr. Ibid., It is perylous to be vnobedyent to þi souerayn. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 56 O man presumpteous and vnobedient. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. To Rdr. 7 If they had not bin vtterlye vnobedient too all good counsel. 1614W. B. Philosopher's Banquet (ed. 2) 81 The Wall-nut is vnobedient to Digestion, and much hinders egestion. 1641Milton Reform. ii. 50 Pepin, not unobedient to the Popes call,..frees him out of danger. 1801Southey Thalaba viii. x, But unobedient to that well-known voice, His eye was seeking it. |