Definitions for obliges

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obliges o·blige

Spelling: [uh-blahyj]

IPA: /əˈblaɪdʒ/

Obliges is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 197 anagrams from letters in obliges (begilos).

Definitions for obliges

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:
4. to put (one) in a debt of gratitude, as by a favor or accommodation:
5. to make (an action, policy, etc.) necessary or obligatory:

verb (used without object)

1. to be kindly accommodating:

Origin of obliges

1250-1300; Middle English obligen Old French obligier Latin obligāre to bind. See obligate

Examples for obliges

What obliges the person, who wishes me to become surety for him, to need a surety?

But your Duty to your Parents, Hussy, obliges you to hang him.

We start making conversation and she obliges, but then something in the distance catches her eye.

This obliges me now-and-then to steal an hour, as I may say, and not let her know how I am employed.

That is what is unknown to us, and obliges us to suspend our judgment on this question.

If the DEA obliges, they may soon be hitting the farming lottery.

Necessity has no law; at least it obliges us to break through all laws.

That is the circumstance which obliges your government to insist on your co-operation.

It obliges nobody to follow me, and I trust it obliges me to follow nobody.

It also obliges Palestinians to refrain from attacking Israeli military patrols along the Gaza border.