Under obligation to another on account of some liability incurred or claim unsatisfied; liable for some omission of duty, an unfulfilled promise…
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释义 | society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective] > bound or under obligation (33) indebted?c1225 Under obligation to another on account of some liability incurred or claim unsatisfied; liable for some omission of duty, an unfulfilled promise… boundena1400 Under obligation, legal or moral; obliged, compelled, enforced. archaic. owingc1400 That owes something; bound or under obligation (to do something); indebted or beholden (to a person) (for something). Now Irish English. debtfulc1425 Owed, bounden, due; dutiful. belast1441 Burdened, charged, bound. beholdena1450 Under moral obligation, in duty bound (to do something). Obsolete. worthy1469 Under an obligation to do something. Obsolete. rare. obligate?a1475 Bound by oath, law, or duty; obliged. Obsolete. subjectc1480 Under obligation, bound (formerly also †compelled) to do something. Now rare. bound1488 Under obligations (of duty, gratitude, etc.); Const. a person, or the duty owed. debt-bounda1522 Under obligation, bound by duty, obliged. obstrict1527 Morally bound or obliged. addicted1535 Devoted or attached to a person, party, or cause; spec. †bound as, or as if, a servant (obsolete). (In later use merging with sense A. 2.) oughting1567 = owing, adj. 1. devinct1573 Bound, bounden. bounded1586 Improperly for bound, adj.2, bounden, adj.1 obliged1596 Bound by law, duty, or any moral tie, esp. one of gratitude; under obligation, beholden, indebted. Frequently in your obliged servant (and… affineda1616 In extended use. Bound to pursue a certain course of action. Obsolete. rare. boundant1654 Obliged. guilty1700 Deserving of, liable to (a penalty). Also bound to the performance of (a vow) = Latin reus voti. Obsolete. obligated1740 that is under or characterized by obligation; compelled, constrained. behoven1880 Under obligation, beholden. duty-bound1908 bound by duty; morally or legally obliged (cf. quot. bound, adj.2 7a). due1913 More generally: under obligation to do something. Cf. owing, adj. 1. Subcategories:— still (5) — able to be (2) — to a lord (1) — of persons in other relationships (1) |
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