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Definition of Obliges

Oblige
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. --Bacon. 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. --South. Religion obliges men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health. --Tillotson. 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. --Dryden. The gates before it are brass, and the whole much obliged to Pope Urban VIII. --Evelyn. I shall be more obliged to you than I can express. --Mrs. E. Montagu.

Meaning of Obliges from wikipedia

- La noblesse oblige (/noʊˌblɛs əˈbliːʒ/; French: [la nɔblɛs ɔbliʒ] ; literally "nobility obliges") is a French expression that means that nobility extends...
- "The Obliged" is the fourth episode of the ninth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on October...
- Look up noblesse oblige in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Noblesse oblige is a French phrase meaning "nobility obliges". Noblesse Oblige may also refer...
- self-knowledge), even when this self-view is negative or inaccurate. Raison oblige theory (ROT) instead explains these behaviors as consequences of a rational...
- Much Obliged, Jeeves is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, published in the United Kingdom by Barrie & Jenkins, London, and in the United States by Simon...
- "Much Oblige" is a song written by G. Deaton, R. Fulford and G. Simmons. It was recorded as a duet by American country music artists Jack Greene and Jeannie...
- To Oblige a Lady is a 1931 British comedy film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Maisie ****, Warwick Ward, Lilian Oldland, Haddon Mason and James...
- Sofia Khan is Not Obliged is the first fictional work by Ayisha Malik. The text was published by Twenty7 Books in 2015 and is a romance fiction that explores...
- Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry Into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy (1956) is a book illustrated by Osbert Lancaster, caricaturist...
- Noblesse Oblige: The Book of Houses is a 1998 role-playing game adventure published by White Wolf Publishing for Changeling: The Dreaming. Noblesse Oblige is...