All 7 Uses
oblige
in
A Doll's House
(Edited)
- No one to work for, and yet obliged to be always on the look-out for chances.
Act 1obliged = required (to do something)
- I couldn't let my children be shabbily dressed; I have felt obliged to use up all he gave me for them, the sweet little darlings!
Act 1 *obliged = required (obligated)
- I shall be obliged to remind you of a few details.
Act 1obliged = required (to do something)
- Aha! so my obstinate little woman is obliged to get someone to come to her rescue?
Act 1
- I was obliged to, if I wanted to be little Nora's nurse.
Act 2
- And to be obliged to leave it all— Nora.
Act 2
- To think that I should be obliged to say so to one whom I have loved so dearly, and whom I still—.
Act 3
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.