单词 | obliged |
释义 | obligedadj.ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective] fastOE faithfula1500 obligatory1502 obligatoriousa1555 astrictivea1575 bounded1586 debt-bound1588 obliged1594 obligative1596 Stygian1608 obligator1609 binding1611 imperative1621 obligant1624 ligatory1625 obliging1638 obstrictive1642 boundant1649 self-binding1685 hard1935 the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > necessitated by circumstance necessary?a1425 faina1535 perforce1580 like1828 obliged1892 1594 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1936) XI. 312 [When I call to mind the manifold courtesies shown by your majesty unto me..I am moved to offer my] oblist [duty in giving you the information of..sincere affection]. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxvi. 1–2 Paraphr.) 322 It is the obliged duty of all. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xii. 203 Every spoke of the wheel a rash but an obliged experiment. 2. Bound by law, duty, or any moral tie, esp. one of gratitude; under obligation, beholden, indebted. Frequently in your obliged servant (and variants), as a formula for opening or closing a formal letter, etc. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adjective] > under obligation addebteda1400 beholdenc1400 debtedc1425 beholding1484 indebt1504 bounden1530 indebted1553 obliged1596 redevable1596 engaged1665 behoven1880 society > law > legal obligation > [adjective] > under obligation attendant1393 obligate?a1475 obliged1596 thirleda1722 obligated1740 duty-bound1908 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective] > bound or under obligation indebted?c1225 boundena1400 owingc1400 debtfulc1425 belast1441 beholdena1450 worthy1469 obligate?a1475 subjectc1480 bound1488 debt-bounda1522 obstrict1527 addicted1535 oughting1567 devinct1573 bounded1586 obliged1596 affineda1616 boundant1654 guilty1700 obligated1740 behoven1880 duty-bound1908 due1913 1596–7 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 99 Thow ar the dewillis bund and obleist servand. 1602 James VI Let. in J. Bruce Lett. Queen Elizabeth & King James VI (1849) 154 Youre most louing and obleished brother and cousin. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Obliged, bound, or beholden. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living iii. §2. 224 A Prayer to be said by Masters of Families, Curats, Tutors, or other obliged persons. 1681 in Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. 38 165 Yor much obleidged freind and servtt. 1725 E. F. Haywood Force of Nature 15 Her Eternal Adorer, and Your Obliged Servant, Carlos. 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind Ded. Your Lordship's most obliged and most devoted Servant. 1845 W. D. Macray Man. Brit. Historians Ded. To the Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel,..this volume is..dedicated, by his obedient and obliged servant. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Let. 1 May in Athenæum (1891) 20 June 800/2 Believe me Your obliged faithful Servt. W. M. Thackeray. 1999 Re: what's the Go with Lovecraftian Magic? in alt.horror.cthulhu (Usenet newsgroup) 7 Dec. I will..invite you to tea and to watch the bloody outcome in the complete safety of my mobile submarine headquarters... Your most humble and obliged servant, [etc.]. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > bound by promise troth-plighta1300 sworna1325 plightedc1390 assured1426 jurate1433 abjured1552 sure1567 trothed1567 obliged1600 testeda1616 ingudged1650 betrothed1651 sacramental1785 undertaking1786 oath-bound1795 committed1821 word-bound1836 tied1876 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vi. 7 O tenne times faster Venus pidgions flie to seale loues bonds new made, then they are wont to keepe obliged faith vnforfaited. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1594 |
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