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| o·blige [ ə blj ] (past and past participle o·bliged, present participle o·blig·ing, 3rd person present singular o·blig·es) |
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1. transitive verb require somebody to do something: to bind somebody morally or legally to do something
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2. transitive verb force somebody to do something: to make it necessary for somebody to do something
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3. transitive verb cause somebody to feel indebted: to cause somebody to feel indebted by doing something for that person
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4. transitive verb do favor for somebody: to do a favor or service for somebody
  Would you oblige me by closing the door?
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5. intransitive verb be helpful: to do something necessary or helpful
was only too happy to oblige
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| [13th century. Via Old French oblig(i)er< Latin obligare "tie to" < ligare "to tie"] |
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| o·blig·er noun |
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