Dictionary Entry
oblige
oblige is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To attach, as by a bond. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To attach, as by a bond.
- 2transitive verb
To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.
- 3transitive verb
To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate.
- 4verb
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
"He's held by a contract"
"I'll hold you by your promise"
- 5verb
provide a service or favor for someone
"We had to oblige him"
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- 6verb
force somebody to do something
"We compel all students to fill out this form"
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