v.
  - 
(usu. be obliged to do something)
 make legally or morally bound to do something.
 - perform a service or favour for. 
▸
(be obliged)
 be indebted or grateful.
 
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. obliger, from L. obligare, from ob- ‘towards’ + ligare ‘to bind’.