Oblige

Verb

 * 1)  To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
 * I am obliged to report to the police station every week.
 * 1)  To do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
 * He obliged me by not parking his car in the drive.
 * 1)  To be indebted to someone.
 * I am obliged to you for your recent help.
 * 1)  To do a service or favour.
 * The singer obliged with another song.

Derived terms

 * disoblige

Related terms

 * much obliged
 * noblesse oblige
 * obligate
 * obligation
 * obligatory
 * obligee
 * obligor

Adverbs for Oblige
flatteringly; gushingly; reluctantly; infinitely; financially; mutually; morally.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From Old (and modern) French obliger, from Latin obligare, from ob- + ligare ‘bind’.

Translations

 * French: ,
 * Hungarian:


 * Russian:


 * Russian: делать одолжение


 * Hungarian: lekötelez


 * Russian: быть обязанным


 * Dutch: een plezier doen

Anagrams

 * big ole

Verb

 * 1) First-person singular indicative present form of obliger.
 * 2) Third-person singular indicative present form of obliger.
 * 3) First-person singular subjunctive present form of obliger.
 * 4) Third-person singular subjunctive present form of obliger.
 * 5) Second-person singular imperative present form of obliger.