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All oblige synonyms

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verb oblige

  • obligate — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
  • necessitate — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
  • compel — If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
  • make — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • require — to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
  • coerce — If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
  • force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
  • bind — If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
  • constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
  • impel — to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
  • command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
  • shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • gratify — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
  • please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
  • indulge — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
  • accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
  • help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • avail — If you avail yourself of an offer or an opportunity, you accept the offer or make use of the opportunity.
  • benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
  • contribute — If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
  • favour — to regard with favor: to favor an enterprise.
  • favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
  • profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • serve — to act as a servant.
  • come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
  • convenience — If something is done for your convenience, it is done in a way that is useful or suitable for you.
  • fill the bill — a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied: He paid the hotel bill when he checked out.
  • fit in — belong
  • grin and bear it — to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
  • put oneself out — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • swim with the tide — to conform to prevailing opinion
  • take it — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • toe the mark — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
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