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disoblige, v.|dɪsəʊˈblaɪdʒ|
[ad. F. désobliger (1307 in Godef. Suppl.) = Sp. desobligar, It. disobbligare:—Romanic *disobligāre, f. dis- 4 + L. obligāre to oblige.]
†1. trans. To set free from obligation; to release from duty or engagement. Const. of, from. Obs.
1603Florio Montaigne iii. ix. (1632) 545, I love so much to disoblige and discharge myselfe. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. V, Wks. (1711) 79 To disoblige themselves of their greatest duty. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 895 They..would be altogether Disobliged, and Consequently, might Justly break any Laws.
absol.1643Milton Divorce v. (1851) 74 A particular law absolving and disobliging from a more general command.
†b. To disengage, detach. Obs.
1647W. Strong Trust & Acc. Steward 14 Prodigality of the publique purse will ever disoblige the people to their Rulers. 1689Temple Misc. i. 85 (Seager) The failing of his design was thought to have something disobliged him from France; upon whose assistance he reckoned.
2. To refuse or neglect to oblige; not to consult or comply with the convenience or wishes of (a person); hence, to put a slight upon, affront, offend.
1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena To Rdr. A iv, Loth to disoblige so many deserving and noble personages. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. ii. (1843) 46/1 Colonel Lesley..being lately disobliged (as they called it) by the King, that is, denied somewhat he had a mind to have. 1729Franklin Ess. Wks. 1840 II. 25, I know not how to disoblige her so much as to tell her I should be glad to have less of her company. 1787S. C. Cox P. Williams' Rep. I. Notes 681 His daughter Mabell had disobliged him by turning Roman Catholick. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 338 Impossible to pay marked court to one without disobliging the rest.
transf.1698Collier Answ. Congreve (1730) 195 As to the Smut [= indecency], I have endeavoured not to disoblige the Paper with any of it.
absol.1697W. Dampier Voy. I. 500 For fear of disobliging by our refusal. 1741Richardson Pamela II. 25, I would not disoblige on purpose.
†b. To render disobliging. Obs. rare.
1716Collier tr. A Panegyrick 78 Anxiety and Discontent is apt to spoil Peoples Tempers, and disoblige their Behaviour.
3. In more concrete sense: To inconvenience, incommode, annoy. Obs. or dial.
1668[see disobliging ppl. a.]. 1685Travestin Siege Newheusel 13 The besieged..began to fire upon us..by which they somewhat disobliged our Battery. 1697Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. ii. (1709) 1 I'm afraid I may disoblige your Business. 1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World 387 They disobliged us very much by the stench of their dung. 1851S. Judd Margaret ii. i. (1881) 198, I..hope my presence, Madam, will not disoblige you.
Hence disoˈbliged ppl. a., slighted, affronted.
1673Lady's Call. i. iii. ⁋22 Let therefore the disoblig'd not look back upon the injury. 1724A. Collins Gr. Chr. Relig. 186 Joiada..and other disoblig'd Refugee Jews. 1814Scott Wav. xxxii, His father a disobliged and discontented courtier. |