单词 | disobey |
释义 | disobeyv. 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. 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). < v.1393 |
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