obligate 
li-gat), </. [< L. i 
Obligation, in Scot* lav, an absolute obligation al- 
necessity ii particular elmi-Mcter. . restricted O blig a tional (ob-li-Ka'shou-al), a. [< obli'iu- 
to a particular course. ,, + _ <lt j obligatory. 
Obligate parasites- that Is, species to will, h a parasitic There are three ,.,, of resemh llng features which 
life is Indispensable for the attainment of their full de- ex , 3t betwel;I) , mi ult an j the child. I. The unavoida- 
velopineni. De liary, Fungi (trans.), p. SfpO. , )le n. The crhnlnal. . . . III. The Mvjalional. 
Obligation (<>l>-li-ga'shoii), H. [< F. /<//>''<'"' Biblical Museum, p. 3S 
= Sp. iiblii/iii-ion = IV. iihi-ii/di'fio = It. obblii/n- obligatiVO (ob'li-ga-tiv), . [= OF. oliliijntit': 
:initi; < L. nhliijiiiiii(ii-), a binding, an engage- as obligate + -ire.] Implying obligation, 
mont or pledging, a bond, obligation, < obligare, \yjth must and ought (to) we make forms which may 
bind, oblige : see obligate, obligr.] 1. The con- be calleil Miiiniin; implying obligation ' : thus, I must 
straining power or authoritative character of a 8'. I ought to give. Whitney, Eng. uram., p. 122. 
duty, amoral precept, a civil law, or a promise obligatiyeness (ob'li-ga-tiv-nes), n. The char- 
or contract voluntarily made ; action upon the acter of being obligatory. Xorris, Christian 
will by u sense, of moral constraint. Law Asserted (1678). 
For to make oure obUgadaun and bond as strong as It obligate, . and n. See obbligato. 
liki-th unto yonrc goodncsse, that we mowe fullllle the obligatorily (ob'li-ga-to-ri-li), adv. Inanobll- 
.111. of you and of my lord Mellbee^ ^ ^ ^^ gatory ma . by obligation 
The obligation of our Mood forbids c <* *> d ** * for ^aA^. SE 
A gory emulation twlxt us twain. 
shak., T. and c., iv. 5. 122. obligatoriness(ob'li-ga-to-n-nes), n. The state 
The very notion of virtue Implies the notion of obliga- or quality of being obligatory. 
Nun. D. .S'o/rarf, outlines of Moral Philosophy, vl. 4. obligatory (ob'li-ga-to-n), . [= F. obligatoire 
It Is an incontrovertible axiom that all property, and = gp. iibligatorio == Pg. obrigatorio = It. obbli- 
cspecially all Tithe property, Is held under a moral obli. gatorio < LL. o bUgatorius, binding, < L. obligare, 
iJc'ue, he8pirltUalneed80fth09epliri bind, oblige: see obligate, oblige.] Imposing 
obligation; binding in law or conscience; im- 
posing duty; requiring performance of or for- 
bearance from some act : followed by on before 
the person, formerly by to. 
And concerning the lawfulness, not only permissively. 
but whether It be not obligatory to Christian princes and 
states. Bacon. 
oblique 
r'rte. Deny you ! they cannot. 
your intimate Friends. 
All of 'em have been 
Bp. Chr. Wordsworth, Church of Ireland, p. 279. 
The whole phraseology of obligation, in short, upon He- 
donistic principles can best be explained by a theory which 
is essentially the same as that of Hobbes, and which in 
Halo's time was represented by the dictum of certain 
Sophists that "Justice Is the interest of the stronger." 
T. U. Green, Prolegomena to Ethics, $ 347. 
2. That to which one is bound ; that which one 
is bound or obliged to do, especially by moral 
or legal claims ; a duty. 
A thousand pounds a year for pure respect ! 
No other obligation ! By my life, 
That promises moe thousands. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., U. 8. 96. 
As long as law Is obligatory, so long our obedience is due. 
Jer, Taylor, Holy Living. 
= It. obbligare, < L. obligare, 
around, bind together, bind, put under moral or 
legal obligation, < ob, before, about, + ligare, 
bind: see ligament.] If. To bind; attach; de- 
vote. 
Lord, to thy sernice I oblissh me, with ill myn herte holy. 
York Plays, p. 116. 
Zani . . . was met by the Pope and saluted in this man- 
ner: Here take, oh Zani, this ring of gold, and, by giving 
lie 
Admit he promis'd love, 
It to the Sea, ,,lili : ie it unto thee. Sanity*, Travailes. p. 2. 
It this patent is obligatory on them, It is contrary to acts 
of parliament, and therefore void. Sw\ft. 
When an end is lawful and obligatory, the Indispensable 
means to it are also lawful and Minatory. 
Lincoln, in Raymond, p. 150. 
"The cultivation of the soil," we are told, "is an obliga- t*. . / v ! .-** \ .. r/ \st u;,.,i,, ,, 
don imposed by nature on mankind." Obllgatum (ob-ll-ga turn), n. [< ML. obltgatuni 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 70. neut. of L. obligatux, obligate: see obngate, a.] 
Inasmuch as rights and obligations are correlative, there The proposition which a scholastic disputant 
Is an obligation lying on every state to respect the rights is under an obligation to admit. See obhga- 
of every other, to abstain from all injury and wrong to- fton 6. 
nationanaw 11 ' 8 ' ^^ W *" > oblige (o-blij' ; formerly also o-blej', after the 
y, Introd. to Inter. Law, j 117. F.), v. i. ; pret. and pp. obliged, ppr. obliging. 
3t. A claim ; a ground of demanding. C<_MB. Wfcen,_u8ually oblishe, olteshen, etc., 
Duke William having the Word of Edward, and the Oath 
of Harold, had sufficient Obligations to expect the King- 
dom. Baker, Chronicles, p. 22. 
4. The state or fact of being bound or morally 
constrained by gratitude to requite benefits; 
moral indebtedness. 
He sayd he wolde pardon them of all their trespaces, 
and \\ nuiiir quite them of the gret somme of money, that 
they wer bound vnto hym by oblygacion of olde tyme. 
Bcrners, tr. of Kroissart's Chron., I. xlvi. 
To the poore and miserable her loss was irreparable, for 
there was no degree but had some obligation to her mem- 
orie. Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 9, 1878. 
5. In law: (a) A bond containing a penalty, 
withacondition annexed, for payment of money, 
performance of covenants, or the like: some- 
times styled a writing obligatory. By some mod- 
ern English jurists the word is used as equiva- 
lent to legal duty generally. 
He can make obligations, and write court-hand. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 2. 101. 
(6) In Bom. laic, the juridical relation between 
two or more persons in virtue of which one can 
compel the other to do or not to do a certain 
act which has a monetary value, or can at least 
be measured by a monetary standard. It might 
arise out of delict as well as out of contract. The word 
is used as well to designate the right as the correspond- 
ing duty. 
6. In medieval schools, a rule of disputation 
by which the opponent was bound to admit any 
premise, not involving a contradiction, beg- ' 
ging of the question, or other fallacy, which 
the respondent might propose. Disputation, as a 
game for teaching logic, was a principal part of the scho- 
lastic exercises, and perhaps may still be so in some coun- 
tries. A master presided, and after a sufficient time de- 
cided in favor of one of the disputants, who was then 
obliged to give his adversary a great thwack with a wood- 
en in.-trinui'tit Modern writers sometimes speak of any 
rule of schohutic disputation as an obligation. Acces- 
sory, conditional, conventional, correal, etc., obli- 
gations. See the adjectives. Days Of Obligation 
iciv/i-. 1 ' 1 .), day-son which every one is expected to abstain from 
secular occupations and to attend divine service. Natu- 
ral, obediential, etc.. obligations. Sec the adjectives. 
Of Obligation, obligatory: said especially of an ob- 
servance commanded i<y the church : as, it is f\f obligation 
to communicate at Baiter. 
OMig'd himself by oath to her you plead for. 
Shirley, Love in a Maze, ill. 3. 
Privateers are not obliged to any Ship, but free to go 
ashore where they please, or to go Into any other Ship that 
will entertain them, only paying for their Provision. 
Dampier, Voyages, I. 31. 
2. To bind, constrain, or compel by any phys- 
ical, moral, or legal force or influence; place 
under the obligation or necessity (especially 
moral necessity) of doing some particular-thing 
or of pursuing some particular course. 
I wol to yow oblige me to deye. Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 1414. 
0, ten times faster Venus' pigeons fly 
To seal love's bonds new-made than they are wont 
To keep obliged faith unforfeited . 
Shak., M. of V., U. 6. 7. 
This Virtue especially was commended in him, and he 
would often say That even God himself was obliged by his 
Word. Baktr, Chronicles, p. S4. 
Wherto I neither oblige the belief of other person, nor 
" .lily subscribe mine own. Milton, Hist. Eng., i. 
That way [toward the southern quarter of the world) 
are obliged to set thclrjaces when they 
There is properly only one Moslem pilgrimage of obliya- 
rt'in, that to Mecca, which still often draws an annual con- 
tingent of from 70,000 to 80,000 pilgrims. 
KnciKl. Urit., XIX. 93. 
the Musselmani 
Pray, In reverence to the Tomb of their Prophet. 
Maundrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 14. 
I will instance one opinion which I look upon every man 
obliged in conscience to quit. 
Su\fl, Sentiments of a Ch. of Eng. Man, ii. 
3. To lay under obligation of gratitude, etc., 
by some act of courtesy or kindness; hence, to 
gratify; serve; do a service to or confer a favor 
upon ; be of service to ; do a kindness or good 
turn to: as, kindly oblige me by shutting the 
door ; in the passive, to be indebted. 
They are able to oblige the Prince of their Country by 
lending him money. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 55. 
I would sustain alone 
The worst, and not persuade thee; rather die 
Deserted than Mi>jf thee with a fact 
Pernicious to thy peace. Milton. P. L., Ix. 980. 
Man. No, they havebeen Peopleonlyl have oblig'd par- 
ticularly. Wycherlry, Plain Dealer, v. 1. 
Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, 
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged. 
Pope, ProL to Satires. 1. 200. 
[The diamond | is oblig'd to Darkness for a Bay 
That would be more Opprest than Help'd by Day. 
Cotrtey, To the Blsnop of Lincoln. 
Vet, in a feast, the epicure holds himself not more obliged 
to the cook for the venison than to the physician who 
braces his stomach to enjoy. De Qvincey, Rhetoric. 
= Syn. 2. To force, coerce. 8. To serve, accommodate. 
Obligee (ob-li-je'), [< F. oblige, pp. of obliger, 
oblige: see oblige.] One to whom another is 
bound, or the person to whom a bond or writ- 
ing obligatory is given ; in general, one who is 
placed under any obligation. 
'I her 's not an art but 'tis an obligee. 
Xufjtialls of Peleus and Thetis (1654). (Xares.) 
Ireland, the obligee, might have said, "What security 
have I for receiving the balance due to me after you are 
paid?" Gladstone, Nineteenth Century, XXI. 170. 
obligement (o-blij 'ment), n. [< OF. oblige- 
ment, < LL. obligamen'ium, a bond, obligation, 
< L. obligare, bind, oblige: see oblige.] If. Ob- 
ligation. 
I will not resist, therefore, whatever It is, either of di- 
vine or human obligement, that you lay upon me. 
Milton, Education. 
2. A favor conferred. 
Let this fair princess but one minute stay, 
A look from her will your obligementi pay. 
Dryaen, Indian Emperor, L 2. 
obliger (o-bli'j6r), n. One who obliges. 
It is the natural property of the same heart, to be a gen- 
tle interpreter, which is so noble an obliger. 
Sir H. WMon, Rellquiic, p. 453. 
obliging (o-bli' jing), p. a. Having a disposition 
tooblige or confer favors ; ready to do a good 
turn or to be of service : as, an obliging neigh- 
bor: hence, characteristic of one who is ready 
to do a favor; accommodating; kind; com- 
plaisant: as, an obliging disposition. 
She . . . affected this obliging carriage to her inferiors. 
Goldsmith, Hist. England, xxiiv. 
He is an obliging man, and I knew he would let me have 
them without asking what I wanted them for. 
J. Hawthorne, Dust, p. 210. 
= Syn. Friendly. See polite. 
obligingly (o-bli'jing-li), adv. In an obliging 
manner; with ready compliance and a desire 
to serve or be of service ; with courteous readi- 
ness; kindly; complaisantly : as, he very obli- 
gingly showed us over his establishment. 
He had an Antlck Bnsto of Zenobia In Marble, with a 
thick Radiated Crown ; of which he very obligingly gave 
me a Copy. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 49. 
obligingness (o-bll'jing-nes), H. 1. Binding 
power; obligation. [Rare.] 
Christ coming, as the substance typified, by those legal 
Institutions, did consequently set a period to the obliging- 
ness of those institutions. Hammond, Works, I. 232. 
2. The quality of being obliging ; civility ; com- 
plaisance; disposition to exercise kindness. 
His behaviour . . . was with such condescension and 
obligingness to the meanest of his clergy as to know and be 
known to them. /. Walton, Lives (Bp. SandersonX p. 364. 
Obligistic (ob-li-jis'tik), a. [< oblige + -ist + 
-ioj Pertaining to the obligations of scholastic 
disputation. See obligation, 6. 
obligor (ob'li-gor), n. [< oblige + -or.] In late, 
the person who binds himself or gives his bond 
to another. 
Thomas Prince, who was one of the contractors for the 
trade, was not one of the obligors to the adventures. 
Appendix to Sew England's Memorial, p. 405. 
obligulate (ob-lig'u-lat), a. [< ob- + ligulate.] 
Inoo<., extended on the inner instead of the 
outer side of the capitulum or head : said of the 
corollas of some ligulate florets. [Rare.] 
obliquation (ob-li-kwa'shon), . [< LL. obli- 
quatio(n-), a bending, oblique direction, < L. 
obliquare, bend: see oblique, r.] 1. Oblique- 
ness ; declination from a straight line or course ; 
a turning to one side. 
Wherein according to common anatomy the right and 
transverse fibres are decussated by the oblique fibres ; and 
so must frame a reticulate and qulncuncial figure by their 
obliquatians. Sir T. Brmrne, Garden of Cyrus, iii. 
The change made by the obliquation of the eyes is least 
in colours of the densest than In thin substances. 
Newton, Opticks, ii. 1. 19. 
2. Deviation from moral rectitude. [Rare in 
both senses.] 
Oblique (ob-lek' or ob-lik'), a. and n. [< F. ob- 
////= Sp. oblicuo = Pg. It. obliquo,(.li.oblii/iiiix, 
slanting, awry, oblique, sidelong, < ob, before, 
near, + (LL.) liquis (scarcely used), slanting, 
bent; cf. Russ. luka, a bend, Lith. leukti. bend.J 
