All 6 Uses
oblige
in
As I Lay Dying
(Edited)
- I'm obliged.
Chpt 46obliged = grateful or indebted
- "I'd be obliged," Cash said.
Chpt 48
- "I'm obliged," Cash said.
Chpt 48
- I'm right obliged.
Chpt 48
- I'm obliged to you.
Chpt 49 *
- I'm obliged to you.
Chpt 49
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) 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.