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obliger

/ɔ.bli.ʒe/

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verb/ɔ.bli.ʒe/

to oblige, to require, to compel, to force; (intransitive) to have to; to help, to aid

Vous êtes obligé de payer la facture.You have to pay the bill.

Synonyms: contraindre, forcer, devoir, aider

Inherited from Middle French obliger, from Old French obligier, borrowed from Latin obligāre.