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Question

wat does this word mean: oblige

in other words, does it mean enable?

Answer 1

To give the other person or people what they want.

Answer 2

1. to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
2. to bind morally or legally, as by a promise or contract.
3. to place under a debt of gratitude for some benefit, favor, or service: I'm much obliged for the ride.
4. to put (one) in a debt of gratitude, as by a favor or accommodation: Mr. Weems will oblige us with a song.
5. to make (an action, policy, etc.) necessary or obligatory: Your carelessness obliges firmness on my part.
–verb (used without object) 6. to be kindly accommodating: I'll do anything within reason to oblige.

Answer 3

Main Entry: oblige
Pronunciation: &-'blIj
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): obliged; oblig·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French obliger, from Latin obligare, literally, to bind to, from ob- toward + ligare to bind -- more at LIGATURE
transitive verb
1 : to constrain by physical, moral, or legal force or by the exigencies of circumstance
2 a : to put in one's debt by a favor or service b : to do a favor for
intransitive verb : to do something as or as if as a favor
synonym see FORCE
- oblig·er noun

Answer 4

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1) - Cite This Source
o‧blige  /əˈblaɪdʒ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-blahyj] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, o‧bliged, o‧blig‧ing.

–verb (used with object) 1. to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
2. to bind morally or legally, as by a promise or contract.
3. to place under a debt of gratitude for some benefit, favor, or service: I'm much obliged for the ride.
4. to put (one) in a debt of gratitude, as by a favor or accommodation: Mr. Weems will oblige us with a song.
5. to make (an action, policy, etc.) necessary or obligatory: Your carelessness obliges firmness on my part.
–verb (used without object) 6. to be kindly accommodating: I'll do anything within reason to oblige.


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[Origin: 1250–1300; ME obligen < OF obligier < L obligāre to bind. See obligate]

—Related forms
o‧blig‧ed‧ly /əˈblaɪdʒɪdli/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-blahy-jid-lee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, adverb
o‧blig‧ed‧ness, noun
o‧blig‧er, noun


—Synonyms 1. compel, force. 2. obligate. 4. Oblige, accommodate imply making a gracious and welcome gesture of some kind. Oblige emphasizes the idea of conferring a favor or benefit (and often of taking some trouble to do it): to oblige someone with a loan. Accommodate emphasizes doing a service or furnishing a convenience: to accommodate someone with lodgings and meals.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Answer 5

give in to, humor

Answer 6

It means ...."What did you say?"