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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 8 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• oblige:
    1. I. To bind by some obligation: oblĭgo, obstringo, etc.: v. to bind (II.).
    2. II. To constrain, force: cōgo, 3: v. to compel.
    3. III. To render indebted; do a favour to any one:
      1. 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. 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. 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. 4. expr. by beneficium collocare apud aliquem; b. conferre in aliquem, etc.: v. favour.
      5. 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.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• OBLIGE
  • To 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.