obliges

verb

(transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).

(intransitive) To be indebted to someone.

(transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.

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The word obliges breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root lig-, from Latin ligo (“bind”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.