Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-O-BEY'
DIS-O-BE'DI-ENT-LYDIS-O-BEY'ED
DIS-O-BEY', v.t. [dis and obey.]
To neglect or refuse to obey; to omit or refuse to do what is commanded, or to do what is forbid; to transgress or violate an order or injunction. Refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws; and we all disobey the precepts of the Gospel. [The word is applicable both to the command and to the person commanding.]
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