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disobey
disobey [ díssə báy ] (3rd person present singular disobeys, present participle disobeying, past and past participle disobeyed)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
fail to obey: to refuse or fail to obey a rule, instruction, or authority, or somebody giving an instruction or in authority
[14th century. Via French désobéir< assumed Vulgar Latin desobedir< Latin oboedire (see obey)]

disobeyer noun
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