Bắt buộc, cưỡng bách; đặt nghĩa vụ cho

Làm ơn, gia ơn, giúp đỡ

please oblige me by closing the door

anh làm ơn đóng giúp hộ tôi cái cửa

I'm much obliged to you

Tôi hết sức cảm ơn anh

(thông tục) đóng góp (vào cuộc vui)

will Miss X oblige us with a song?

đề nghị cô X đóng góp một bài hát

bắt buộc

buộc

V.

Accommodate, indulge, favour, serve, please, cater to,gratify: The hotelier obliged us with every luxury he had tooffer. Please oblige us by keeping your dog on a lead. 2 make,require, demand, force, compel, coerce, bind, obligate: Whathold has she over you that obliges you to do her housework?

V.

Tr. (foll. by to + infin.) constrain, compel.

Tr. bebinding on.

Tr. a make indebted by conferring a favour. b(foll. by with, or by + verbal noun) gratify (oblige me byleaving). c perform a service for (often absol.: will youoblige?).

Tr. (in passive; foll. by to) be indebted (amobliged to you for your help).

Intr. colloq. (foll. by with)make a contribution of a specified kind (Doris obliged with asong).

Tr. archaic or Law (foll. by to, or to + infin.) bindby oath, promise, contract, etc.

Obliger n. [ME f. OF obliger f. L obligare (as OB-,ligare bind)]