Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli.
E. Darwin.
Dis`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. In a disobedient manner.
Dis`o*bei"sance (?), n. [F. désobéissance.] Disobedience. [Obs.] E. Hall.
Dis`o*bei"sant (?), a. [F. désobéissant.] Disobedient. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dis`o*bey" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disobeying.] [F. désobéir; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + obéir. See Obey, and cf. Disobedient.] Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws.
Not to disobey her lord's behest.
Tennyson.
Dis`o*bey", v. i. To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.
He durst not know how to disobey.
Sir P. Sidney.
Dis`o*bey"er (?), n. One who disobeys.
Dis*ob`li*ga"tion (?), n. 1. The act of disobliging.