different between obligated vs smile

English

Verb

obligated

1. simple past tense and past participle of obligate

Adjective

obligated (comparative more obligated, superlative most obligated)

1. (Canada, US, Scotland) committed
2. (Canada, US, Scotland) having an obligation; obliged
   • 2016 January 26, "When ‘Made In Israel’ Is a Human Rights Abuse," The New York Times (retrieved 26 January 2016):

     Under a provision of a larger piece of legislation, popularly known as the Customs Bill, that has been approved by the House and is expected to soon pass the Senate, American officials will be obligated to treat the settlements as part of Israel in future trade negotiations.

Usage notes

Now only in standard use in American English and some dialects such as Scottish, having disappeared from standard British English by the 20th century, being replaced by obliged (it was previously used in the 17th through 19th centuries).

Synonyms

• (having an obligation): obliged

Derived terms

• obligatedly

Translations

See also

• obligate (adjective)

References

Anagrams

• tolgabide

English

Etymology

From Middle English smilen (“to smile”), from Old Norse smíla (“to smile”) (compare Danish smile, Swedish smila (“to smile”)), from Proto-Germanic *sm?lijan?, *smir?n? (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian smielje (“to smile”), Low German smielen (“to smile”), Dutch smuilen (“to smile”), Middle High German smielen (“to smile”). Related also to Old High German smier?n (“to smile”), Old English smerian (“to laugh at”), Old English smercian, smearcian ("to smile"; > English smirk), Latin miror (“to wonder at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sma?l/, /?sma?.?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Noun

smile (plural smiles)

1. A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:smile

   • Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

2. (figuratively) Favour; propitious regard.

3. (slang, dated) A drink bought by one person for another.

   Synonym: treat

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

smile (third-person singular simple present smiles, present participle smiling, simple past and past participle smiled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To have (a smile) on one's face.
2. (transitive) To express by smiling.

3. (intransitive) To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
4. (intransitive) To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.
5. (intransitive) To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.

Derived terms

• smiler

Translations

Anagrams

• Imels, Liems, Miles, limes, miles, milse, misle, slime

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse smíla (“to smile”), from Proto-Germanic *sm?lijan?, *smir?n? (“to smile”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, be glad, wonder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smi?lø/, [?smi??l?]
• Rhymes: -i?l?

Verb

smile (imperative smil, infinitive at smile, present tense smiler, past tense smilede, perfect tense har smilet)

1. to smile

Related terms

• smil

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

smile (imperative smil, present tense smiler, simple past smilte, past participle smilt, present participle smilende)

1. to smile

   smile fra øre til øre - grin from ear to ear

   Smil til kameraet. - Smile for the camera.

Related terms

• smil (noun)

References

• “smile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.