oblige Definition

oblige
verb obliged, obliging

1. To bind someone morally or legally; to compel.

Thesaurus: require, command, bind, coerce, compel, constrain, force, impel, make.
2. To bind someone by a service or favour.
3. To please or do a favour for someone.

Example: Please oblige me by leaving at once
Thesaurus: accommodate, assist, help, serve, aid, please.
4. To do something as a favour or contribution for someone.

Example: obliged us with a song

Idiom: much obliged

An expression of gratitude.

Etymology: 13c: from French obliger, from Latin obligare, from ob- down + ligare to bind.