Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disobedient"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disobedient \Dis`o*be"di*ent\, a. [Pref. dis- + obedient. See
{Disobey}, {Obedient}.]
1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is
commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not
observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; --
applied to persons and acts.
This disobedient spirit in the colonies. --Burke.
Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. --1 Kings
xiii. 26.
2. Not yielding.
Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten
life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the
system disobedient to stimuli. --E. Darwin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disobedient
adj 1: not obeying or complying with commands of those in
authority; "disobedient children" [ant: {obedient}]
2: unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers" [syn: {unruly}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.