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oblige
English
Etymology
From Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, obliger, from Latin obligo, obligare, from ob- + ligo. Doublet of obligate, taken straight from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??bla?d?/
- Rhymes: -a?d?
Verb
oblige (third-person singular simple present obliges, present participle obliging, simple past and past participle obliged)
- (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
- I am obliged to report to the police station every week.
- (transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
- He obliged me by not parking his car in the drive.
- The singer obliged with another song.
- (intransitive) To be indebted to someone.
- I am obliged to you for your recent help.
Usage notes
Aside from in American English and Scottish, "obliged" has largely replaced "obligate" by the 20th century, the latter being more common in the 17th through 19th centuries.
Derived terms
- disoblige
Related terms
- much obliged
- noblesse oblige
- obligate
- obligation
- obligatory
- obligee
- obligor
Translations
References
Anagrams
- big ole, biogel, globie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.bli?/
Verb
oblige
- first-person singular present indicative of obliger
- third-person singular present indicative of obliger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of obliger
- third-person singular present subjunctive of obliger
- second-person singular imperative of obliger
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [o?blid??e]
Verb
oblige
- third-person singular present subjunctive of obliga
- third-person plural present subjunctive of obliga
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provide
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pr?vide? (“I foresee, I act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???va?d/
- Rhymes: -a?d
Verb
provide (third-person singular simple present provides, present participle providing, simple past and past participle provided)
- To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- To act to prepare for something.
- To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
- To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- To furnish (with), cause to be present.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
- Rome […] was generally well provided with corn.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
- To make possible or attainable.
- (obsolete, Latinism) To foresee.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
- To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
- 1838, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic
- provide such natives to the to the higher dignities of the church
- 1838, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic
Usage notes
As seen in the examples, when not used with that for previous conditions, provide is used with the prepositions for (beneficiary; also without preposition, usual for pronouns) and with (object).
Derived terms
- provider
Related terms
- provision
Translations
Anagrams
- prevoid
Galician
Alternative forms
- provinde
Verb
provide
- second-person plural imperative of provir
Italian
Verb
provide
- third-person singular past historic of provedere
Anagrams
- deprivo, deprivò
- provedi
Latin
Etymology
From pr?vidus (“prophetic, prudent, cautious”) +? -?, from pr?vide? (“foresee, be cautious”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?pro?.u?i.de?/, [?p?o?u??d?e?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?pro.vi.de/, [?p???vid??]
Adverb
pr?vid? (comparative pr?vidius, superlative pr?vidissim?)
- carefully, prudently
Verb
pr?vid?
- second-person singular present active imperative of pr?vide?
Noun
pr?vide
- singular vocative of pr?vidus
References
- provide in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- provide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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