oblige :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him"

v. bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"

v. force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

v. create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?"

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

v. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

v. be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me"

v. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"

v. to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion"

v. create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

v. act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

v. put to use; "exert one's power or influence"

v. make someone do something

v. have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

v. cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"

v. ignore someone's wishes

v. cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"