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obliging
(encz) | obliging,laskavý numira@i.cz |
obliging
(encz) | obliging,ochotný numira@i.cz |
obliging
(encz) | obliging,úslužný numira@i.cz |
Obliging
(gcide) | Oblige \O*blige"\ ([-o]*bl[imac]j"; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Obliged ([-o]*bl[imac]jd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Obliging
([-o]*bl[imac]"j[i^]ng).] [OF. obligier, F. obliger, L.
obligare; ob (see Ob-) + ligare to bind. See Ligament,
and cf. Obligate.]
1. To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.]
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He had obliged all the senators and magistrates
firmly to himself. --Bacon.
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2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put
under obligation to do or forbear something.
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The obliging power of the law is neither founded in,
nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments
annexed to it. --South.
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Religion obliges men to the practice of those
virtues which conduce to the preservation of our
health. --Tillotson.
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3. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt;
hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to
accommodate.
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Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar,
And would not be obliged to God for more. --Dryden.
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The gates before it are brass, and the whole much
obliged to Pope Urban VIII. --Evelyn.
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I shall be more obliged to you than I can express.
--Mrs. E.
Montagu.
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obliging
(gcide) | obliging \o*bli"ging\ ([-o]*bl[imac]"j[i^]ng), a.
Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;
hence, helpful; civil; kind.
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Mons. Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very
obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them.
--Addison.
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Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- Obliging,
Kind, Complaisant.
Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is
complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social
intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one
who is obliging performs some actual service, or has
the disposition to do so.
[1913 Webster] -- O*bli"ging*ly. adv. --
O*bli"ging*ness, n.
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obliging
(wn) | obliging
adj 1: showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others;
"to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose
wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no
hurry for us to leave" [syn: complaisant, obliging] |
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disobliging
(encz) | disobliging,neochotný adj: Zdeněk Broždisobliging,neúslužný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
obliging
(encz) | obliging,laskavý numira@i.czobliging,ochotný numira@i.czobliging,úslužný numira@i.cz |
obligingly
(encz) | obligingly,laskavě adv: Zdeněk Brožobligingly,ochotně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
obligingness
(encz) | obligingness, n: |
unobliging
(encz) | unobliging,neochotný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Disobliging
(gcide) | Disobliging \Dis`o*bli"ging\, a.
1. Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating;
as, a disobliging person or act.
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2. Displeasing; offensive. [Obs.] --Cov. of Tongue. --
Dis`o*bli"ging*ly, adv. -- Dis`o*bli"ging*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]Disoblige \Dis`o*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobliged; p.
pr. & vb. n. Disobliging.] [Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F.
d['e]sobliger.]
1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to
offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to
displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating
to.
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Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends,
shall infallibly come to know the value of them by
having none when they shall most need them. --South.
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My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it
would not be very safe to disoblige. --Addison.
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2. To release from obligation. [Obs.]
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Absolving and disobliging from a more general
command for some just and reasonable cause.
--Milton.
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Disobligingly
(gcide) | Disobliging \Dis`o*bli"ging\, a.
1. Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating;
as, a disobliging person or act.
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2. Displeasing; offensive. [Obs.] --Cov. of Tongue. --
Dis`o*bli"ging*ly, adv. -- Dis`o*bli"ging*ness, n.
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Disobligingness
(gcide) | Disobliging \Dis`o*bli"ging\, a.
1. Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating;
as, a disobliging person or act.
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2. Displeasing; offensive. [Obs.] --Cov. of Tongue. --
Dis`o*bli"ging*ly, adv. -- Dis`o*bli"ging*ness, n.
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obliging
(gcide) | Oblige \O*blige"\ ([-o]*bl[imac]j"; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Obliged ([-o]*bl[imac]jd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Obliging
([-o]*bl[imac]"j[i^]ng).] [OF. obligier, F. obliger, L.
obligare; ob (see Ob-) + ligare to bind. See Ligament,
and cf. Obligate.]
1. To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.]
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He had obliged all the senators and magistrates
firmly to himself. --Bacon.
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2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put
under obligation to do or forbear something.
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The obliging power of the law is neither founded in,
nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments
annexed to it. --South.
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Religion obliges men to the practice of those
virtues which conduce to the preservation of our
health. --Tillotson.
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3. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt;
hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to
accommodate.
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Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar,
And would not be obliged to God for more. --Dryden.
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The gates before it are brass, and the whole much
obliged to Pope Urban VIII. --Evelyn.
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I shall be more obliged to you than I can express.
--Mrs. E.
Montagu.
[1913 Webster]obliging \o*bli"ging\ ([-o]*bl[imac]"j[i^]ng), a.
Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;
hence, helpful; civil; kind.
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Mons. Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very
obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them.
--Addison.
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Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- Obliging,
Kind, Complaisant.
Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is
complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social
intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one
who is obliging performs some actual service, or has
the disposition to do so.
[1913 Webster] -- O*bli"ging*ly. adv. --
O*bli"ging*ness, n.
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Obligingly
(gcide) | obliging \o*bli"ging\ ([-o]*bl[imac]"j[i^]ng), a.
Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;
hence, helpful; civil; kind.
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Mons. Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very
obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- Obliging,
Kind, Complaisant.
Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is
complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social
intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one
who is obliging performs some actual service, or has
the disposition to do so.
[1913 Webster] -- O*bli"ging*ly. adv. --
O*bli"ging*ness, n.
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Obligingness
(gcide) | obliging \o*bli"ging\ ([-o]*bl[imac]"j[i^]ng), a.
Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;
hence, helpful; civil; kind.
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Mons. Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very
obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- Obliging,
Kind, Complaisant.
Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is
complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social
intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one
who is obliging performs some actual service, or has
the disposition to do so.
[1913 Webster] -- O*bli"ging*ly. adv. --
O*bli"ging*ness, n.
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Undisobliging
(gcide) | Undisobliging \Undisobliging\
See disobliging. |
Unobliging
(gcide) | Unobliging \Unobliging\
See obliging. |
disobliging
(wn) | disobliging
adj 1: intentionally unaccommodating; "the action was not
offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging" [syn:
disobliging, uncooperative] |
obliging
(wn) | obliging
adj 1: showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others;
"to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose
wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no
hurry for us to leave" [syn: complaisant, obliging] |
obligingly
(wn) | obligingly
adv 1: in accommodation; "obligingly, he lowered his voice"
[syn: obligingly, accommodatingly] |
obligingness
(wn) | obligingness
n 1: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
[syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy,
obligingness, deference] |
unobliging
(wn) | unobliging
adj 1: not accommodating; "the unaccommodating bus driver pulled
out while she was banging on the door" [syn:
unaccommodating, unobliging] [ant: accommodating,
accommodative] |
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