Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation

 
Earth's largest dictionary with more than 1226 modern languages and Eve!

Definition: DISOBEYING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To rape. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To infringe. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To default. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To balk.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Present participle conjugation of the verb disobey.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(disobey)
1. Refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired".[Wordnet].
2. 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.[Websters].
3. To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: disobeying, disobeyed, disobeys, disobeyer, disobeyers, disobeyingly and disobeyedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

Top

Date "Disobeying" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definition: DISOBEYING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Omitting or refusing to obey; violating; transgressing, as authority or law.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of disobey. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Definition: DISOBEYING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To rape. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To infringe. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To default. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To balk.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Present participle conjugation of the verb disobey.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(disobey)
1. Refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired".[Wordnet].
2. 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.[Websters].
3. To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: disobeying, disobeyed, disobeys, disobeyer, disobeyers, disobeyingly and disobeyedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

Top

Date "DISOBEYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definition: DISOBEYING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Omitting or refusing to obey; violating; transgressing, as authority or law.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Present participle of disobey. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top