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Definição e significado de obliged
obliged
- past participle of oblige (verb)
- past indicative (I,you,he,she,it,we,they) of oblige (verb)
Definição
oblige (v. trans.)
1.bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted"He's held by a contract" "I'll hold you by your promise"
2.provide a service or favor for someone"We had to oblige him"
3.force somebody to do something"We compel all students to fill out this form"
oblige (v.)
1.to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means "She forced him to take a job in the city" "He squeezed her for information"
obliged (adj.)
1.feeling or showing gratitude"a grateful heart" "grateful for the tree's shade" "a thankful smile"
2.under a moral obligation to do something
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Merriam Webster
ObligeO*blige" (�*blīj"; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obliged (�*blījd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Obliging (�*blī"jĭng).] [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.
Sinónimos
oblige (v.)
bring pressure to bear on, bulldoze into, coerce, coerce into, compel, compel to, constrain, dragoon into, force, hale, press into, press to, pressurize, put pressure on, squeeze, pressure (American), pressurise (British)
oblige (v. trans.)
accommodate, aid, assist, benefit, bind, bulldoze, bulldoze into, coerce, coerce into, command, compel, compel to, constrain, contribute, demand, dragoon, dragoon into, enforce, favour, force, force to, help, hold, lend, motivate, necessitate, obligate, please, press, press into, press to, provide, require, tolerate
obliged (adj.)
answerable, appreciative, appreciatory, beholden, compelled, constrained, duty-bound, forced, grateful, gratified, indebted, liable, obligated, thankful
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Ver também
oblige (v.)
↘ binding, coercion, coercive, compulsion, constraint, pressure, unfree
oblige (v. trans.)
obliged (adj.)
Locuções
⇨ Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun? • Nobless oblige • Noblesse Oblige (Upstairs, Downstairs) • Noblesse Oblige (band) • Noblesse Oblige (book) • Noblesse Oblige (disambiguation) • Noblesse oblige • Raison oblige theory • To Oblige a Lady
Dicionario analógico
oblige (v.)
oblige[Classe]
oblige (v. tr.)
oblige[ClasseHyper.]
oblige (v. tr.)
relate[Hyper.]
bind - obligation - commitment, obligation[Dérivé]
oblige (v. tr.)
oblige (v. tr.)
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