All 3 Uses of
oblige
in
The Death of Ivan Ilych
- He was offered the post of examining magistrate, and he accepted it though the post was in another province and obliged him to give up the connexions he had formed and to make new ones.†
Chpt 2
- He attained this by spending less and less time with his family, and when obliged to be at home he tried to safeguard his position by the presence of outsiders.†
Chpt 2 *
- " The doctor looked at him sternly over his spectacles with one eye, as if to say: "Prisoner, if you will not keep to the questions put to you, I shall be obliged to have you removed from the court."†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(oblige as in: I am obliged by law.) require (obligate) to do something