All 7 Uses of
oblige
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- I'd do anything to oblige you.
p. 49.7oblige = help
- "I suppose I could do it to oblige you," said Anne thoughtfully.
p. 69.1
- Oh, I'm so much obliged to you.
p. 88.6 *obliged = grateful or indebted
- 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.
p. 139.2 *obliged = required
- "Well now, I'm much obliged," said Matthew,
p. 194.3obliged = grateful or indebted
- Gilbert obligingly rowed to the landing and Anne, disdaining assistance, sprang nimbly on shore.
p. 220.2 *obligingly = helpfully
- "I'm very much obliged to you," she said haughtily as she turned away.
p. 220.3obliged = grateful
Definitions:
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(1)
(oblige as in: I am obliged by law.) require (obligate) to do something
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(2)
(oblige as in: I obliged her every request.) grant a favor to someone
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(3)
(obliged as in: I'm much obliged for your kindness) grateful or indebted
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, in classic literature you may see oblige as a synonym for ask as when Jules Verne wrote "I obliged the Professor to move his lamp over the walls of the gallery," in Journey to the Center of the Earth.