oblige
🇺🇸
/əˈblaɪdʒ/
🇬🇧
/əˈblaɪdʒ/
verb
C1
to make someone do something because it is required by law or duty
The law obliges parents to send their children to school.
R
to help someone by doing what they ask or need
Could you oblige me by closing the window?
translation
to make someone do something because it is required by law or duty; to help someone by doing what they ask or need
Word Forms
3rd Present
obliges
Past
obliged
Perfect
obliged
Progressive
obliging