oblige
31oblige*/ — [əˈblaɪdʒ] verb 1) [T] formal to force someone to do something because it is the law, a rule, or a duty They felt obliged to offer him hospitality.[/ex] You are legally obliged to pay this fine.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to help someone by doing something… …
32oblige — See noblesse oblige …
33oblige — [13] To oblige someone is etymologically to ‘bind them to’ something with a promise. The word comes via Old French obliger from Latin obligāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ob ‘to’ and ligāre ‘tie’ (source of English liable, ligament,… …
34oblige, obligate — In the sense of binding, constraining, and compelling, these words are synonymous: The terms of my mortgage oblige me to make monthly payments. I obligated myself to make the purchase. Oblige has the added meanings of to make grateful or indebted …
35Obligé — Obligation Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …
36oblige — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
37oblige — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. compel, force, constrain, bind, impel; accommodate, favor, assist, gratify, please. See aid, compulsion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To accommodate] Syn. assist, aid, contribute; see accommodate 1 , help 1 …
38oblige — v. a. RG. 12. part. ‘y obliged.’ RG. 389 …
39oblige — o·blige || É™ blaɪdÊ’ v. obligate, compel; do something as a favor, accommodate …
40oblige — British to work as a domestic servant The employee, always female and often elderly, is shown to be conferring a favour on her employer by undertaking a menial task for money: Mrs Benbow regretted that what with my husband s heart… …
