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Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th
oblige
o·blige (ə-blījʹ)v. o·bliged, o·blig·ing, o·blig·esv. tr. 1. To constrain by physical, legal, social, or moral means. 2. To make indebted or grateful: I am obliged to you for your gracious hospitality. 3. To do a service or favor for: They obliged us by arriving early.v. intr. To do a service or favor: The soloist obliged with yet another encore. [Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, from Latin obligāre: ob-, to; see ob- + ligāre, to bind; See leig- in Indo-European Roots.] o·bligʹer n. Synonyms: oblige, accommodate, favor These verbs mean to perform a service or a courteous act for: obliged me by keeping the matter quiet; accommodating her by lending her money; favor an audience with an encore. See also synonyms at force Antonyms: disoblige
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