oblige
/əˈblaɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Your carelessness obliges firmness on my part."
- "I am obliged to report to the police station every week."
- "Tho' he was some time awake before me, yet did he not offer to disturb a repose he had given me so much occasion for; but on my first stirring, which was not till past ten o'clock, I was oblig'd to endure one more trial of his manhood."
- "He obliged me by not parking his car in the drive."
- "The singer obliged(us) with an encore."
- "In the mean time I have another trouble to give you, if you will oblige me in it; and that is to get me a sight of the famous Orrery, which I have heard you and others so often speak of; and which I think was made by Mr. Rowley, the famous Mathematical Instrument-Maker."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *leyǵ-, obligen, obligier, obligo