oblige to do

oblige someone to do something

to require someone to do something. You are obliged to arrive on time and enter by the side door. The lateness of the hour obliged Tony to enter by the back door.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rosa (1)	RO-sah (Spanish, Dutch), RAW-zah (Italian), RO-zə (English)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, English
Anniken	-	Norwegian
Pascaline	-	French
Marciana	-	Ancient Roman, Portuguese (Brazilian)
DorotĖJa	-	Lithuanian
Magdalena	mahg-dah-LE-nah (Polish), mahk-dah-LE-nah (German), MAHG-dah-le-nah (Finnish), mag-da-LAY-na (English)	Polish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Occitan, Slovene, Czech, Bulgarian, Mace