OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 20017

oblige

/əˈblaɪd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
obligar
To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
I am obliged to report to the police station every week.
Tho' he was some time awake before me, yet did he not offer to disturb a repose he had given me so much occasion for; but on my first stirring, which was not till past ten o'clock,…
complacer • favorecer • serviciar
To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
He obliged me by not parking his car in the drive.
The singer obliged with another song.