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Oblige

Oblige Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Oblige? [v] bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [v] provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him" [v] force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Oblige: accommodate \| bind \| compel \| hold \| obligate \| obligate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Oblige: accommodate \| aid \| assist \| avail \| benefit \| bind \| brook no denial \| call for \| cater to \| coddle \| coerce \| commit \| compel \| concuss \| constrain \| contribute \| convenience \| cosset \| demand \| dictate \| do a favor \| do a service \| do right by \| exact \| favor \| force \| give way to \| gratify \| help \| humor \| impose \| indulge \| insist upon \| leave no option \| make \| make imperative \| make incumbent \| mollycoddle \| necessitate \| obligate \| pamper \| please \| pledge \| profit \| require \| saddle with \| satisfy \| serve \| shotgun \| show kindness to \| spoil \| take no denial \| tie \| treat well \| yield to See Also \| abide by \| act \| apply \| article \| cause \| clamor \| coerce \| comply \| condemn \| enforce \| follow \| force \| get \| hale \| have \| implement \| indent \| indenture \| induce \| make \| move \| pledge \| pressure \| relate \| shame \| stimulate \| thrust \| tie down \| walk Oblige In Webster's Dictionary \O*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obliging}.] [OF. obligier, F. obliger, L. obligare; ob (see {Ob-}) + ligare to bind. See {Ligament}, and cf. {Obligate}.] 1. To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.] He had obliged all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself. --Bacon. 2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something. The obliging power of the law is neither founded in, nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments annexed to it. --South. Religion obliges men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health. --Tillotson. 3. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate. Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar, And would not be obliged to God for more. --Dryden. The gates before it are brass, and the whole much obliged to Pope Urban VIII. --Evelyn. I shall be more obliged to you than I can express. --Mrs. E. Montagu.

Oblige Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Oblige?

[v] bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
[v] provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him"
[v] force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"

Oblige In Webster's Dictionary

\O*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Obliging}.] [OF. obligier, F. obliger, L. obligare; ob
(see {Ob-}) + ligare to bind. See {Ligament}, and cf.
{Obligate}.]
1. To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.]

         He had obliged all the senators and magistrates
         firmly to himself.                    --Bacon.

2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put
   under obligation to do or forbear something.

         The obliging power of the law is neither founded in,
         nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments
         annexed to it.                        --South.

         Religion obliges men to the practice of those
         virtues which conduce to the preservation of our
         health.                               --Tillotson.

3. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt;
   hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to
   accommodate.

         Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar,
         And would not be obliged to God for more. --Dryden.

         The gates before it are brass, and the whole much
         obliged to Pope Urban VIII.           --Evelyn.

         I shall be more obliged to you than I can express.
                                               --Mrs. E.
                                               Montagu.

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