Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disobeying"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disobey \Dis`o*bey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disobeyed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Disobeying}.] [F. d['e]sob['e]ir; pref. d['e]s- (L.
dis-) + ob['e]ir. See {Obey}, and cf. {Disobedient}.]
Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his
commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one
in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory
children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and
the laws.
Not to disobey her lord's behest. --Tennyson.
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