n. See Obi. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Obi. --
n. A large Western African tree (Triplochiton scleroxcylon) having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; it yields soft white to pale yellow wood.
a. Obedient. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. obédience, L. obedientia, oboedientia. See Obedient, and cf. Obeisance. ]
Government must compel the obedience of individuals. Ames. [ 1913 Webster ]
Canonical obedience.
Passive obedience.
n. One yielding obedience. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. obedient, L. obediens, oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See Obey. ] Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. [ 1913 Webster ]
And floating straight, obedient to the stream. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The chief his orders gives; the obedient band,
With due observance, wait the chief's command. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. obédientiel. ] According to the rule of obedience. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an obedient manner; with obedience. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. obéissance obedience, fr. obéissant. See Obey, and cf. Obedience, Abaisance. ]
Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. 1 Kings i. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]