All 7 Uses of
oblige
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- "I'd do anything to oblige you.†
Chpt 7 *
- "I suppose I could do it to oblige you," said Anne thoughtfully.†
Chpt 10
- Oh, I'm so much obliged to you."†
Chpt 13 *
- It was three o'clock when Matthew came with a doctor, for he had been obliged to go all the way to Spencervale for one.†
Chpt 18
- "Well now, I'm much obliged," said Matthew, "and—and—I dunno—but I'd like—I think they make the sleeves different nowadays to what they used to be.†
Chpt 25
- Gilbert obligingly rowed to the landing and Anne, disdaining assistance, sprang nimbly on shore.†
Chpt 28
- "I'm very much obliged to you," she said haughtily as she turned away.†
Chpt 28
Definitions:
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(oblige as in: I obliged her every request.) grant a favor to someone
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(oblige as in: I am obliged by law.) require (obligate) to do something