oblige
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- (transitive); (usually passive) If you are obliged to do something, a law, rule, or situation forces you to do it.
- She felt obliged to make conversation before leaving.
- (transitive & intransitive) If you oblige someone, you do something that they want you to do.
- We asked three experts they obliged with very clear answers.
- (formal) If you tell someone that you'd be obliged if they did something, you're asking them to do it.
- If you say, "much obliged", you are thanking somebody for something.