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obedient child

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  • obedient — obedient, docile, tractable, amenable, biddable mean submissive to the will, guidance, or control of another. Though applied chiefly to persons, they are sometimes extended to things. Obedient implies due compliance with the commands or requests… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • obedient — [ō bē′dē ənt] adj. [OFr < L obediens, prp. of obedire,OBEY] obeying or willing to obey; submissive obediently adv. SYN. OBEDIENT suggests a giving in to the orders or instructions of one in authority or control [an obedient child ]; DOCILE… …   English World dictionary

  • obedient — o|be|di|ent [əˈbi:diənt] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of oboedire; OBEY] 1.) always doing what you are told to do, or what the law, a rule etc says you must do ≠ ↑disobedient ▪ an obedient child obedient… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Child of All Nations —   …   Wikipedia

  • child — n. 1) to adopt; bear, give birth to, have a child (she had four children) 2) to carry a child (a mother carries a child for nine months) 3) to beget; conceive a child 4) to bring up, raise, rear a child 5) to feed; nurse; wean a child 6) to… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • obedient — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin oboedient , oboediens, from present participle of oboedire to obey Date: 13th century submissive to the restraint or command of authority ; willing to obey • obediently adverb… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • child — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, small, young ▪ My father died while I was still a small child. ▪ newborn ▪ teenage ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • obedient — adjective 1 always doing what you are told to do by your parents, by someone in authority etc: an obedient and dutiful child 2 your obedient servant old use used to end a very formal letter opposite disobedient obediently adverb: She obediently… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • obedient — adj. Obedient is used with these nouns: ↑child, ↑servant …   Collocations dictionary

  • Mark McWatt — (born 1947) is a Guyanese writer and educator. Born in Guyana, McWatt studied at the University of Toronto and Leeds University, where he completed a Ph.D. He currently heads the English Department at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill… …   Wikipedia

  • docile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gentle, tractable, teachable, submissive. See consent, submission. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. meek, mild, tractable, compliant, obedient, amenable, pliant, submissive, accommodating, complying,… …   English dictionary for students

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