OBLIGE Copy link • OBLIGETo compel, aliquem vi cogere; [Vid: COMPEL]. To bind (by a stipulation, duly, favor, etc), alligare, obligare, obstringere, devincire. The law obliges anyone, lex tenet aliquem. To be obliged to the observance of a treaty, foedere alligatum or illigatum esse. To oblige a man by an oath, aliquem sacramento adigere. To oblige one’s self to do a thing, se obligare alicui rei (or with ut); se obstringere in aliquid (by oath, sacramento; to a crime, in scelus). I am obliged to do this, hoc meum est. To confer a favor upon, beneficium in aliquem conferre: to oblige one greatly, gratissimum, pergratum, percommode alicui facere: you cannot oblige me more than by, etc., hoc mihi gratius facere nihil potes; nihil est, quod gratius mihi facere possis: you will oblige me greatly by (or if you, etc.), gratum (gratissimum) mihi feceris, si, etc.; magnum beneficium mihi dederis, si, etc.: I am very much obliged to you, gratissimum illud mihi fecisti; magnum in me contulisti beneficium: to be greatly obliged to one, multum debere alicui; multa beneficia ab illo in me profecta, collata sunt (after Cic.): readiness to oblige, officium; officiosa voluntas; gratificandi liberalis voluntas; comitas (courteous and kind behavior toward inferiors): to show all readiness to oblige anybody, omni officiorum genexe aliquem prosequi; summa alicui studia impertire.