Definition of oblige

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Oblige (v. t.) To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate..

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Delegation :: Delegation (n.) A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him..
Debted :: Debted (p. a.) Indebted; obliged to.
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced..
Obstriction :: Obstriction (n.) The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond..
Oblige :: Oblige (v. t.) To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate..
Complaisance :: Complaisance (n.) Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other..
Answerable :: Answerable (a.) Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages..
Obliger :: Obliger (n.) One who, or that which, obliges..
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
Disobliger :: Disobliger (n.) One who disobliges.
Beholden :: Beholden (p. a.) Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
Oblige :: Oblige (v. t.) To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something..
Disoblige :: Disoblige (v. t.) To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.
Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) To be obliged; must.
Oblige :: Oblige (v. t.) To attach, as by a bond..
Accommodate :: Accommodate (v. t.) To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings..
Kindly :: Kindly (adv.) In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige..
Bounden :: Bounden (p. p & a.) Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden.
Disobligement :: Disobligement (n.) Release from obligation.
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