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OBLIGED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Under a moral obligation to do something
Synonyms:
duty-bound; obliged
Classified under:
Similar:
obligated (caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb oblige
Context examples:
The hero, however, went to the king, who was now, whether he liked it or not, obliged to keep his promise, and gave his daughter and the half of his kingdom.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
He said, he knew no reason why those, who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public, should be obliged to change, or should not be obliged to conceal them.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Indeed he was obliged to call to her to help him up again.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
“I am sure I am very much obliged to you,” cried Jim, heartily.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The agent was obliged to me for my warning, but told me that the rent had been paid in advance.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But I should be extremely obliged to you if you would come down with me to Woking to-morrow, by the same train which we took yesterday.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
To determine its exact meaning I have been obliged to work out the present prices of the investments with which it is concerned.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And he began to laugh again, and that so heartily, that though I did not see the joke as he did, I was again obliged to join him in his mirth.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Well, Mr. Holmes, I am very much obliged to you and to your friend for coming down to help me.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He would be obliged if Professor Challenger would give the latitude and the longitude of the country in which prehistoric animals were to be found.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
