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Webster 1913 Edition
obliger
o-bli′ger
(ō̍-blī′jẽr)
, Noun.
One who, or that which, obliges.
Sir H. Wotton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Obliger
OBLI'GER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
obliger
obliger
English
Noun
obliger (plural obligers)
- One who, or that which, obliges.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obligāre, present active infinitive of obligō.
Pronunciation
Verb
obliger
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written oblige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of obliger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | obliger | avoir obligé | |||||
| gerund | en obligeant | en ayant obligé | |||||
| present participle | obligeant /ɔ.bli.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | obligé /ɔ.bli.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | oblige /ɔ.bliʒ/ |
obliges /ɔ.bliʒ/ |
oblige /ɔ.bliʒ/ |
obligeons /ɔ.bli.ʒɔ̃/ |
obligez /ɔ.bli.ʒe/ |
obligent /ɔ.bliʒ/ |
| imperfect | obligeais /ɔ.bli.ʒɛ/ |
obligeais /ɔ.bli.ʒɛ/ |
obligeait /ɔ.bli.ʒɛ/ |
obligions /ɔ.bli.ʒjɔ̃/ |
obligiez /ɔ.bli.ʒje/ |
obligeaient /ɔ.bli.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | obligeai /ɔ.bli.ʒe/ |
obligeas /ɔ.bli.ʒa/ |
obligea /ɔ.bli.ʒa/ |
obligeâmes /ɔ.bli.ʒam/ |
obligeâtes /ɔ.bli.ʒat/ |
obligèrent /ɔ.bli.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | obligerai /ɔ.bliʒ.ʁe/ |
obligeras /ɔ.bliʒ.ʁa/ |
obligera /ɔ.bliʒ.ʁa/ |
obligerons /ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
obligerez /ɔ.bliʒ.ʁe/ |
obligeront /ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | obligerais /ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɛ/ |
obligerais /ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɛ/ |
obligerait /ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɛ/ |
obligerions /ɔ.bli.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
obligeriez /ɔ.bli.ʒə.ʁje/ |
obligeraient /ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | oblige /ɔ.bliʒ/ |
obliges /ɔ.bliʒ/ |
oblige /ɔ.bliʒ/ |
obligions /ɔ.bli.ʒjɔ̃/ |
obligiez /ɔ.bli.ʒje/ |
obligent /ɔ.bliʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
obligeasse /ɔ.bli.ʒas/ |
obligeasses /ɔ.bli.ʒas/ |
obligeât /ɔ.bli.ʒa/ |
obligeassions /ɔ.bli.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
obligeassiez /ɔ.bli.ʒa.sje/ |
obligeassent /ɔ.bli.ʒas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | oblige /ɔ.bliʒ/ |
— | obligeons /ɔ.bli.ʒɔ̃/ |
obligez /ɔ.bli.ʒe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obligāre, present active infinitive of obligō.
Verb
obliger
- (transitive) to oblige
Conjugation
- As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of obliger
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | obliger | avoir obligé | |||||
| gerund | en obligeant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | obligeant | ||||||
| past participle | obligé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | oblige | obliges | oblige | obligeons | obligez | obligent |
| imperfect | obligeois, obligeoys | obligeois, obligeoys | obligeoit, obligeoyt | obligions, obligyons | obligiez, obligyez | obligeoient, obligeoyent | |
| past historic | obligea | obligeas | obligea | obligeasmes | obligeastes | obligerent | |
| future | obligerai, obligeray | obligeras | obligera | obligerons | obligerez | obligeront | |
| conditional | obligerois, obligeroys | obligerois, obligeroys | obligeroit, obligeroyt | obligerions, obligeryons | obligeriez, obligeryez | obligeroient, obligeroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | oblige | obliges | oblige | obligeons | obligez | obligent |
| imperfect | obligeasse | obligeasses | obligeast | obligeassions | obligeassiez | obligeassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | oblige | — | obligeons | obligez | — | ||