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单词 disobey
释义

disobeyv.

/dɪsəʊˈbeɪ/
Forms: Also Middle English des-, Middle English–1500s dys-; Middle English dyshobeye.
Etymology: < French désobéir (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) = Provençal desobedir , Italian disubbidire < Romanic dis- , desobēdīre , for late Latin inobēdīre , < dis- prefix 1d + Latin obēdīre to obey v.
1.
a. intransitive. To be disobedient; not to obey.This is the original use as in French, but most late instances are perhaps absolute uses of the transitive sense 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > be unsubmissive [verb (intransitive)] > be disobedient or disobey
atsit1297
disobey1393
unobeyc1443
reject1852
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 86 Þerof woll I desobeie.
1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 26 Pride..makethe hym that disobeyeth to contemne to obey.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 203 Man disobeying, Disloyal breaks his fealtie. View more context for this quotation
1727 J. Gay Fables I. xx. 68 His bosom burn'd to disobey.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 157 If..some headstrong, hardy lowt, Would disobey.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 424 The wish to disobey is already disobedience.
b. Const. to, unto [= French désobéir à or dative].
ΚΠ
14.. Circumcision in Tundale's Vis. 88 Eyretykes that falsly dysobey To holy chyrche.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 59 She..disobeyed to God and felle in his yre.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. ii. sig. b.i v Whan Adam & Eue..disobeyed vnto god.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxxiii. 97 Moche of his people disobeyed to serue hym.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Kiiiiv We..dysobey to their commaundementes.
2. transitive. [The object represents an earlier dative: compare French il me désobéit, he disobeys (to) me.] To refuse or neglect to obey (any one); to neglect wilfully, transgress, or violate, the commands or orders of (a person in authority, a law, etc.); to refuse submission to.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > refuse to submit to [verb (transitive)] > disobey
disobey1393
stand1608
transgressa1625
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 338 Her owne liege..That hem forsoke and disobeide.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 50 Ther might nothing hem disobey.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 60 He toke and ete thereof, for he wolde not disobeie her.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xvi. xi It were wel done..that ye dishobeye not the auysyon.
1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20. §2 Mysgoverned persons disobeyeng your lawes.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Bbii Nat be wyllyng to disobey you.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 59 Seeing no meanes of disobeying the winds, they gave their violence way.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 611 Him who disobeyes Mee disobeyes. View more context for this quotation
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. ii. 68 Where is the principle..which shall teach you to disobey a father.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 79 The chief magistrate..will punish those who disobey God and the law.

Derivatives

disoˈbeying n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > disobedient
unhersomeOE
inobedient1377
disobeisantc1381
unobeisanta1382
inobeisant1382
unobedientc1384
disobeyant1422
unobeishinga1425
unobeying?c1425
disobedient1535
recusant1593
inobsequent1604
disobeying1649
disobservant1672
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. ii. 73 Every disobeying person that payes the penalty.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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