oblige

Significado

1. To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
2. To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
3. To be indebted to someone.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əˈblaɪd͡ʒ/

Etimología

From Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, obliger, from Latin obligō, obligāre, from ob- + ligō. Doublet of obligate, taken straight from Latin.