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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'oblige' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions oblige verb (oblig, ing) (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means I am obliged to report to the police station every week (transitive) To do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation) He obliged me by not parking his car in the drive (intransitive) To be indebted to someone I am obliged to you for your recent help (intransitive) To do a service or favour The singer obliged with another song Etymology: From Old (and modern) French obliger, from Latin obligare, from ob- + ligare "bind".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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