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Verb: oblige  u'blIj
  1. Force somebody to do something
    - compel, obligate
     
  2. Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
    - bind, hold, obligate
     
  3. Provide a service or favour for someone
    "We had to oblige him"
    - accommodate

Derived forms: obliged, obliges, obliging

See also: obligation, obliger

Type of: abide by, cause, comply, follow, get, have, induce, make, relate, stimulate

Antonym: disoblige