oblige

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verb

1. To cause (a person or thing) to act or move in spite of resistance: coerce, compel, constrain, force, make, obligate, pressure. See attack/defend.
2. To perform a service or a courteous act for: accommodate, favor. See help/harm/harmless.

v

Definition: do a favor or kindness
Antonyms: be mean

v

Definition: require
Antonyms: let off

IN BRIEF: v. - Provide a service or favor for someone; Force or compel somebody to do something.

We cannot always oblige, but we can always speak obligingly. — Voltaire

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• Approval, Respect, and Recognition - oblige: (vb) perform a favor; put another in one’s debt by doing favors

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - vise sig imødekommende
v. intr. - være imødekommende

Nederlands (Dutch)
verplichten, dwingen (tot), van dienst zijn

Français (French)
v. tr. - obliger, rendre service à, être reconnaissant à
v. intr. - rendre un service, faire une faveur

Deutsch (German)
v. - zwingen, verpflichten, entgegenkommen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (εξ)αναγκάζω, υποχρεώνω, εξυπηρετώ, παρέχω εκδούλευση, επιβάλλω

Italiano (Italian)
obbligare, fare un favore, essere compiacente, fare una cortesia

Português (Portuguese)
v. - obrigar, obsequiar

Русский (Russian)
заставлять, обязывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - obligar, comprometer, constreñir, complacer, agradar, servir, hacer un favor
v. intr. - complacer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förplikt(ig)a, tvinga, tillmötesgå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
强制, 束缚, 施恩惠于, 表示好意

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 強制, 束縛, 施恩惠於
v. intr. - 表示好意

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 억지로 시키다, 은혜를 베풀다
v. intr. - 호의를 보이다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 強いる, 恩恵を施す, ありがたがらせる, 恩義をうけている, 好意を示す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجبر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮אילץ, חייב‬
v. intr. - ‮עשה טובה‬

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