Crossword clues for disobeyed
disobeyed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: disobey)
Usage examples of "disobeyed".
Grudgingly, the chief had to admit that the kid never disobeyed him, never lost control, never resorted to any of the antics some space-happy yeomen did.
The moment he was relieved of his watch, he disobeyed stern directives and trotted over to Hrrula's quarters.
But Rhyssa was different: her mind had so much depth--not that he had disobeyed the prime rule of mental privacy, but he could not help but sense the depth and purity that was there.
He knew they flagrantly disobeyed Kris and that they had gotten a lit tle out of hand by the end of the long journey here.
Not that Duke ever disobeyed her — once he had figured out what she wanted.
Religious communities resorted to it when someone of their sect disobeyed their peculiar tenets.
I'll think of some discipline later, for K'lon has disobeyed a direct order.
Readis was torn between relief and the fear that now his mother would learn how he had disobeyed her.
There were moments, despite his full and exciting life with the pod, when he could almost wish they had disobeyed him.
They disobeyed, and their disobedience was punished by a second exile of two hundred and twenty bishops into Sardinia.
As soon as the public danger had subsided, Presidius complained of the loss and injury: his complaint was heard, but the order of restitution was disobeyed by the pride and avarice of the offender.
After the death of Eudocia, his first wife, he disobeyed the patriarch, and violated the laws, by his second marriage with his niece Martina.
The weight of their charge impelled and broke the centre of the idolaters: but in the pursuit they lost the advantage of their ground: the archers deserted their station: the Mussulmans were tempted by the spoil, disobeyed their general, and disordered their ranks.
The orders of Mervan were mistaken, or disobeyed: the return of his horse, from which he had dismounted on a necessary occasion, impressed the belief of his death.
This wise injunction was first disobeyed by the count of Blois, who involved the emperor in his rashness and ruin.