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- oblige to do
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Aifric | | - | Irish, Scottish |
| Arij | | - | Arabic |
| Loren | | LAWR-ən | English |
| Hildegarde | | HIL-de-gahr-də | German (Rare) |
| Temel | | - | Turkish |
| Vilhelm | | VEEL-helm (Finnish) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian |