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verbforce somebody to do something
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"We had to oblige him"verbprovide a service or favor for someone
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verbbind by an obligation; cause to be indebtedtype of:
Definition that contains oblige
- owe be obliged to pay or repay
- duty work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
- liability the state of being legally obliged and responsible
- peon a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
- drudge a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
- navvy a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
- galley slave a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
- miranda rule the rule that police (when interrogating you after an arrest) are obliged to warn you that anything you say may be used as evidence and to read you your constitutional rights (the right to a lawyer and the right to remain silent until advised by a lawyer)
- iphigenia (Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy; Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess
- kirpan a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times