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Latin
Etymology
From ob- + sequor (“follow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
obsequor (present infinitive obsequī, perfect active obsecūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- (with dative) to accommodate oneself to the will of another person; comply with, yield to, gratify, oblige, humor, submit
- to yield to, devote oneself to, give oneself up to or indulge in something
- (of inanimate things) to be yielding, pliant or ductile
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References
- “obsequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to comply with a person's wishes; to humour: alicui morem gerere, obsequi
- to grant a request: precibus obsequi
- to satisfy a person's wishes: voluntati alicuius satisfacere, obsequi
- to follow one's inclinations: studiis suis obsequi (De Or. 1. 1. 3)