oblige

[o·blige]

To oblige is to do something you have to, because you're bound by either good manners or the law.

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To attach, as by a bond.

Verb
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He''s held by a contract"; "I''ll hold you by your promise"

Verb
provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him"

Verb
force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"

v. t.
To attach, as by a bond.

v. t.
To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.

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.

Oblige

O*blige" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obliged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Obliging .] [OF. obligier, F.obliger, L. obligare; ob (see Ob-) + ligare to bind. See Ligament, and cf. Obligate.] 1. To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.]

He had obliged all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself.

2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.

The obliging power of the law is neither founded in, nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments annexed to it.

Religion obliges men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health.

3. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate.

Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar, And would not be obliged to God for more.

The gates before it are brass, and the whole much obliged to Pope Urban VIII.

I shall be more obliged to you than I can express.

Obligee

Ob"li*gee" , n. [F. oblig'82, p.p. of obliger. See Oblige.] The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given. Blackstone.

To attach, as by a bond.

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Usage Examples

The problem is that borrowing money to pay back more borrowed money that will oblige you in the future to borrow even more money doesn't sound kosher. Because it isn't.

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Other Usage Examples

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.