All 3 Uses of
oblige
in
Main Street
- Mr. Dave Dyer obliged.†
Chpt 4 *
- Miss Ella Stowbody obliged with a recital of "The Recessional" and extracts from "Lalla Rookh."†
Chpt 11
- It was pleasant to feel how important she was, how many people she recognized, as she took him to the Capitol, as she told him (he asked and she obligingly guessed) how many feet it was to the top of the dome, as she pointed out Senator LaFollette and the vice-president, and at lunch-time showed herself an habitue by leading him through the catacombs to the senate restaurant.†
Chpt 38 *
Definitions:
-
(oblige as in: I obliged her every request.) grant a favor to someone
-
(oblige as in: I am obliged by law.) require (obligate) to do something