oblige

  • 11oblige — o|blige S3 [əˈblaıdʒ] v formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: obliger, from Latin obligare, from ligare to tie ] 1.) [T usually passive] if you are obliged to do something, you have to do it because the situation, the law, a duty etc… …

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  • 12obligé — I. Obligé, [oblig]ée. part. pass. Il a les sign. de son verbe. II. Obligé. s. m Acte par lequel on répond de la fidelité d un Domestique. Rendre l obligé à un laquais. à un cocher en le congediant. C est aussi un terme de civilité dont on se sert …

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  • 13oblige — obligedly /euh bluy jid lee/, adv. obligedness, n. obliger, n. /euh bluyj /, v., obliged, obliging. v.t. 1. to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity. 2. to bind morally or legally, as by a promise or contract …

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  • 14oblige — verb ADVERB ▪ duly (BrE) ▪ The fans were looking for another goal and Owen duly obliged (= he scored). ▪ kindly ▪ gladly, happily, willingly …

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  • 15oblige — v. 1) (d; tr.) to oblige by (you would oblige me by not smoking) 2) (H) the contract obliges us to pay a penalty if we finish late * * * [ə blaɪdʒ] (H) the contract obliges us to pay a penalty if we finish late (d;tr.) to oblige by (you would… …

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  • 16oblige */*/ — UK [əˈblaɪdʒ] / US verb Word forms oblige : present tense I/you/we/they oblige he/she/it obliges present participle obliging past tense obliged past participle obliged 1) [transitive, usually passive] formal to force someone to do something… …

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  • 17oblige — [[t]əbla͟ɪʤ[/t]] obliges, obliging, obliged 1) VERB If you are obliged to do something, a situation, rule, or law makes it necessary for you to do that thing. [be V ed to inf] The storm got worse and worse. Finally, I was obliged to abandon the… …

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  • 18oblige — verb formal 1 (transitive usually passive) to make it necessary for someone to do something: be obliged to do sth: As a result of falling profits we were obliged to close the factory. | feel obliged to do sth (=feel that you have a duty to do… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19oblige — dis·oblige; oblige; oblige·ment; …

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  • 20oblige — [c]/əˈblaɪdʒ / (say uh bluyj) verb (obliged, obliging) –verb (t) 1. to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or necessity. 2. to bind (a person, etc.) morally or legally, as by a promise, contract, or the like. 3. to make (an… …