obedient

  • 31obedient — obe·di·ent …

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  • 32obedient — adjective Syn: compliant, biddable, acquiescent, good, law abiding, deferential, governable, docile, submissive Ant: rebellious …

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  • 33obedient — [əˈbiːdiənt] adj doing what a person, law, or rule says that you must do Ant: disobedient obedience noun [U] obediently adv …

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  • 34obedient — o•be•di•ent [[t]oʊˈbi di ənt[/t]] adj. complying with or submissive to authority • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME < OF < L oboedīre to obey o•be′di•ent•ly, adv …

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  • 35obedient — /əˈbidiənt / (say uh beedeeuhnt) adjective obeying, or willing to obey; submissive to authority or constraint. {Middle English, from Latin oboediens, present participle} –obediently, adverb …

  • 36obedient —   Ho olono, ho olohe, lohena, wiwo …

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  • 37obedient — Submissive to authority, yielding compliance with commands, orders or injunctions; performing what is required, or abstaining from what is forbidden. The word might with propriety be used to express the same meaning as the word amenable, which is …

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  • 38obédient, e —  adj. Obéissant, fidèle …

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  • 39obedient plant. — See false dragonhead. [1905 10, Amer.; from the fact that the individual blossoms on the flower spike will remain in whatever position they are placed] * * * …

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  • 40obedient plant — noun North American plant having a spike of two lipped pink or white flowers • Syn: ↑false dragonhead, ↑false dragon head, ↑Physostegia virginiana • Hypernyms: ↑physostegia * * * noun Etymology: so called from the fact that its blossoms will… …

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