oblige Copy link Outline I. To bind by some obligationII. To constrain, forceIII. To render indebted; do a favour to any one1. expr. by grātum, gratissimum făcio, 3 (with dat.)2. oblĭgo, 1 (to lay under an obligation)3. commŏdo, 1 (to o. by lending or giving4. expr. by beneficium collocare apud aliquem; b. conferre in aliquem, etc.5. grātĭfĭcor, 1 (to do what is agreeable to any one) • oblige: I. To bind by some obligation: oblĭgo, obstringo, etc.: v. to bind (II.). II. To constrain, force: cōgo, 3: v. to compel. III. To render indebted; do a favour to any one: 1. expr. by grātum, gratissimum făcio, 3 (with dat.): you will very greatly o. us, gratissimum nobis feceris (foll. by si with fut. perf.), Cic. Sen. 2, 6: so, pergratum mihi feceris, id. Am. 4, 16: and, mihi vero pergratum erit, I shall be very much o.d: so, erunt mihi gratissima, id. Fam. 13, 48. 2. oblĭgo, 1 (to lay under an obligation): you will o. me, you will o. my friend Calvisius, obligabis me, obligabis Calvisium nostrum, Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 3. (N.B.--Not exactly in this sense in Cic.: v. obligation, III.) 3. commŏdo, 1 (to o. by lending or giving: with dat. of person): in whatever way you can o. a person, without loss to yourself, quicquid sine detrimento possit commodari, Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51: so, id. Fam. 13, 35, ut omnibus rebus, quod sine molestia tua facere possis, ei commodes (serve, oblige him): oft. = to o. with the loan of anything: v. to lend. 4. expr. by beneficium collocare apud aliquem; b. conferre in aliquem, etc.: v. favour. 5. grātĭfĭcor, 1 (to do what is agreeable to any one): Cic.: Liv.: v. to gratify. See also to comply with. Phr.: I am much o.d to you for what you did about ..., de ... multum te amo, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 7: so with in and abl., id. Fam. 13, 62 (in Attilii negotio te amavi): or foll. by rel. clause, te multum amamus, quod, etc., id. Att. 1, 3, 2.