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obey
English
Etymology
From Middle English obeyen, from Anglo-Norman obeir, obeier et al., Old French obeir, from Latin oboedi? (also ob?di? (“to listen to, harken, usually in extended sense, obey, be subject to, serve”)), from ob- (“before, near”) + audi? (“to hear”). Compare audient. In Latin, ob + audire would have been expected to become Classical Latin *ob?di? (compare in + claud? becoming incl?d?), but it has been theorized that the usual law court associations of the word for obeying encouraged a false archaism from ? to oe, to oboedi? (compare Old Latin oinos ? Classical Latin ?nus).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /o??be?/, /??be?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???be?/, /??be?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- Hyphenation: obey
Verb
obey (third-person singular simple present obeys, present participle obeying, simple past and past participle obeyed)
- (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
- (intransitive) To do as one is told.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:
- They were all taught by Triton, to obay / To the long raynes, at her commaundement [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:
Synonyms
- hearken
Antonyms
- disobey
- defy
- rebel
- resist
- violate (especially rules)
Related terms
- obedience
- obedient
- obeisance
Translations
Further reading
- obey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- obey in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
Anagrams
- e-boy, yebo
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assist
English
Etymology
From Middle English assisten, from Old French assister (“to assist, to attend”), from Latin assist? (“stand at, bestand”, verb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s?st/
- Hyphenation: as?sist
- Rhymes: -?st
Verb
assist (third-person singular simple present assists, present participle assisting, simple past and past participle assisted)
- To help.
- (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
- (medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy.
- (archaic) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
- A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
- (now archaic) To be present (at an event, occasion etc.).
- 1789, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin 1990, p. 138:
- I assisted with pleasure at the representation of several tragedies and comedies.
- 1967, The Rev. Loren Gavitt (ed.), Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for members of the Episcopal Church, revised edition, West Park, NY: Holy Cross Publications, p. 8:
- To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.
- 1789, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin 1990, p. 138:
Derived terms
Related terms
- assistant
- assistance
Translations
Noun
assist (plural assists)
- A helpful action or an act of giving.
- The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
- (sports) The act of helping another player score points or goals
- (soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
- 2016, David Hytner, Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory (in The Guardian, 1 January 2016)[2]
- Özil has 16 assists in the Premier League and three goals; he has two more goals in the Champions League. On Monday, he took Bournemouth apart in the 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium, setting up the first for Gabriel and scoring the second himself.
- 2016, David Hytner, Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory (in The Guardian, 1 January 2016)[2]
- (baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
- He had two assists in the game.
- (soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
Derived terms
- assistful
- assistless
Translations
Anagrams
- -stasis, sistas, stasis
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English assist.
Noun
assist m (invariable)
- (sports) assist
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English assist.
Noun
assist c
- (sports) Make a pass that allows the own team to score (a goal).
Declension
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