All 3 Uses of
oblige
in
Rose Red
- They expect something other-worldly, and Madame Lu is only too happy to oblige.†
Chpt 4 *oblige = grant a favor
- "The door," she said, once the room was cleared (the guests were only too happy to oblige).†
Chpt 6
- "Please," I finally obliged her.†
Chpt 7 *
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.