Definition of Disobey

Disobedience

DISOBEY verb, transitive

	To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command. His right to govern me is clear as day, My duty manifest to disobey; And if that fit observance e'er I shut May I and duty be alike undone. Israfel Brown

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Dissemble

Regular definition:

DISOBEY:
?d?s??be? v.tr. (also absol.) fail or refuse to obey; disregard (orders); break (rules) (disobeyed his mother; how dare you disobey!). øødisobeyer n. [ME f. OF desobeir f. Rmc (as DIS-, OBEY)]

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