Obedient, 1) obsequious, submissive to command: Tp. II, 1, 283. Shr. I, 1, 217. IV, 1, 199. V, 2, 67. All's II, 3, 167 (o. right == right of obedience). II, 5, 77. Tw. II, 5, 64. V, 348. H4A V, 1, 17 (o. orb == orb of obedience). H6A IV, 2, 7. R3 II, 2, 45. IV, 2, 68. H8 III, 2, 180. Tim. IV, 3, 296. Lr. I, 4, 255. Oth. III, 3, 89. IV, 1, 259. IV, 1, 259 Cymb. III, 4, 82. With “to:” Wiv. IV, 6, 33. Meas. I, 1, 26. Err. I, 1, 87. Shr. V, 2, 158. Wint. IV, 4, 494. Per. III Prol. 32.
2) reverent: “kisses the base ground with o. breast,” LLL IV, 3, 225. “your most o. counsellor,” Wint. II, 3, 55. “reproof, o. and in order,” Per. I, 2, 42.
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