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third-person singular simple present disobeys, present participle disobeying, simple past and past participle disobeyed
(transitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody). examples
(intransitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey. quotations examples
The powerful Bene Gesserit sisterhood for ninety generations has been manipulating bloodlines to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, a superbeing. On Caladan, Jessica, a member of the sisterhood and the bound concubine of Duke Leto Atreides, had been ordered to bear only daughters. Because of her love for the duke, she disobeyed and gave birth to a son: Paul, Paul Atreides.
1984, 10:44 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), spoken by Princess Irulan