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obsecundare [CL], ~ari [LL] 1 to follow, comply with, obey. 748 in episcopi sit potestate disponenda [sc. pecunia] cum clericis qui in ejus ~ant eclesia (Lit. Papae) Ep. Bonif. 83 p. 187; ~at, obtemperat GlC O 14; ~at, servit Ib. O 19; 10‥ ~ans, herende WW; servire, ~are, obsequi Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 60; annuere, consentire, ~are Ib. 151; ~are, favere, obtemperare Ib. 402. 2 (w. dat.): a to obey (command, law, or sim.); b to show obedience to (person or person’s authority); c to follow (tradition); d (gram.) to follow, comply with. a cujus precibus et monitis ~ans ad summum virginitatis fastigium anhelat Aldh. VirgP 37; si ‥ voluntati ejus ‥ ~are volueris Bede HE II 12 p. 111; voto suo magis quam precepto archiatri ~avit Ord. Vit. III 5 p. 79; cum legibus nature ~antes ‥ coire colunt pavones Neckam NR I 39; s1237 regis animum ad salubre consilium contorquerent, et consiliis eorum ‥ ~arent M. Par. Maj. III 384; 1283 huic igitur mandato vestro volentes ~are reverenter Peckham Ep. II app. 1 vi p. 757.  b 942 concedens ei has terras ‥ ea ratione interposita ut ipse suaque posteritas regie dignitati fidissima stabilitate ~et Ch. Burton 6; 1033 (12c) dono cuidam familiari duci meo G. pro fideli obsequio quo michi fideliter ~atur x mansas CD 752; insatiabilibus paternae dilectionis filiis ~aremus Gosc. Aug. Min. 744B; quamplures ‥ ad nutum illi cum omni conatu ~abant G. Steph. 4; sicut ii qui regi propter aurum ~antur, non regem sed aurum cupiunt Alex. Cant. Dicta 10 p. 150; Scotici quasi regi Francie ~antes Lib. Mem. Bernewelle 237.  c suis potius quam Romanis ~arent traditionibus W. Malm. GP V 215.  d genera verborum concordi suffragio proceleumatici regulis ~are noscuntur Aldh. PR 125; partes orationum quae epitriti secundi structuris rite ~ent Ib. 138. 3 (w. acc.) to force to obey, subjugate. s1165 Resus videns regem non solvere sibi promissa ‥ castellum ‥ valida manu combussit, totamque regionem Ceredigeaun ~avit Ann. Cambr. 50.

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