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单词 obligement
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obligementn.

Brit. /əˈblʌɪdʒm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈblaɪdʒm(ə)nt/
Forms: see oblige v. and -ment suffix; also Scottish pre-1700 oblidgment, 1700s obliedgment, 1800s obleegment; Irish English (northern) 1800s– obledgement, 1900s– oblidgement.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: oblige v., -ment suffix.
Etymology: < oblige v. + -ment suffix, perhaps after Old French, Middle French obligement (13th cent.). Compare earlier obligation n.
1. Chiefly Scottish. The fact of obliging or binding oneself by formal promise or contract; a written contract, covenant, or bond; (spec. in early Scottish use) a promissory note. Cf. obligation n. 1. Also in extended use. In later use only in legal contexts. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > fact of legally binding oneself
obligement1499
acceptance1528
society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun]
covenantc1330
contractc1386
finec1390
agreement1425
obligement1499
convention1513
achate1607
mail contract1843
punctation1855
pay-or-play1949
1499 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 622 Obligement twiching the warrandice of Cambestoun.
1584 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 325/2 Conforme to thair oblismentis and contractis respectiue maid wt the said Colonell thairvpoun.
1612 W. Parkes Curtaine-drawer 30 What man dare trust his friend..yea almost vpon the surest obligement that may be deuiesed or drawne?
1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe 684 in Wks. (1898) I. 224 Nailling vnto his Crosse Thy oblishments.
1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 207 If he confirme the samine by an Oath, the force and vertue thereof doth also reach all the off-spring, concerned in the obligement.
1698 in H. Dalrymple Decisions Court of Session (1758) 3 Without fulfilling the obligements of the second contract.
1702 in W. R. Scott Rec. Sc. Cloth Manufactory New Mills (1905) 309 Ane obliedgment granted by him to the said Societie.
1754 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 56 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 There is due to the claimant tho' born after the date of the said bond the sum of six thousand merks in virtue of the obligement therein after recited.
1832 in J. Penney Linlithgowshire 192 With obligements by the baillies of Queensferry to him, obliging themselves to remove therefrom when desired.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes i. 71 As regards alienation or obligement, there may be a weighty reason to justify it.
2.
a. Obligation or indebtedness for a benefit or kindness received; (by extension) a kindness, favour, or service. Now chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern).
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun]
debtc1330
officec1330
obliginga1382
dutyc1385
bondc1449
due?a1475
bounden duty1530
dueness1576
behoof1591
obligement1611
obligationa1616
ought1678
right1752
the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > debt of gratitude
obligement1611
endearment1628
obligation1632
indebtment1646
indebtedness1647
obligedness1656
fealty1867
on1946
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > act of kindness
goodOE
loveOE
estdedea1325
bounty1330
benefice1340
benefit1377
while1382
whileness1382
officec1384
excellencec1385
goodshipa1393
kindnessc1400
benevolencec1425
benignityc1534
obligement1611
obligation1618
friendlinessa1633
benevolenta1639
beneficence1654
amability1655
benefactiona1662
knight-service1675
kindliness1883
humanity1985
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 487/2 Finding hee had not the sway hee..thought hee deserued (by obligement of his first Agency about the Crowne).
1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies ii. i. 22 This I would indure, And more, to Cancel my Obligements to him.
1707 C. Cibber Comical Lovers iii. 36 Yet I have some Obligements to him: He teaches me new Airs on the Guitarre.
1828 C. Lamb in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 773 All my leisure..Would not express a tythe of the obligements I every hour incur.
1878 Good Words 19 244 It's no often I seek an obleegment.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Obledgement, a kindness.
1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet xxxvi There's nocht like obleegements for makin' freends.
1917 J. B. Cabell Cream of Jest ii. ii. 47 He seemed since his marriage to have relinquished all conversational obligements to his wife.
1930 W. L. Andrews Haunting Days 91 He thought I had merely requested him to do it as what he termed an obligement to myself.
1954 D. Mackenzie Farmer in W. Isles 50 The possession of equipment which is frequently on loan to neighbours is a social duty in an island community whose smooth running depends on a network of obligements.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. at Oblige Under an obligement, indebted (for a favour received).
2000 Sc. Court of Session Decisions 3 Oct. ScotCS 253 Mr. Irving had on occasions asked Mr. Anderson to do jobs on his roof and Mr. Anderson had done them as an obligement for which he did not expect to be paid.
b. A bond of union; a tie. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > an agreement
forewardOE
accordc1275
covenant1297
end1297
form1297
frettec1330
conjurationc1374
treatc1380
bargainc1386
contractc1386
comenaunt1389
compositionc1405
treaty1427
pact1429
paction1440
reconventionc1449
treatisea1464
hostage1470
packa1475
trystc1480
bond (also band) of manrent1482
covenance1484
concordance1490
patisement1529
capitulation1535
conventmenta1547
convenience1551
compact1555
negotiation1563
sacrament1563
match1569
consortship1592
after-agreementa1600
combourgeoisie1602
convention1603
comburghership1606
transaction1611
end-makingc1613
obligement1627
bare contract1641
stipulation1649
accompackmentc1650
rue-bargaina1657
concordat1683
minute1720
tacka1758
understanding1803
meet1804
it's a go1821
deal1863
whizz1869
stand-in1870
gentlemen's agreement1880
meeting of minds1883
1627 Taking of St. Esprit in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 548 Those obligements which bind them to that nation.
c. Attachment (of affection or regard) to. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > affection > [noun] > attachment
obligement1647
attachment1672
bonding1965
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 4 The deep obligement of the people unto these their Rabbies, in a devotion beyond the reach of other Nations.
3. Compulsion, constraint. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun]
needeOE
distressc1384
force1387
stressc1390
artingc1400
coactionc1400
constrainauncec1400
compulsion1462
enforcement1477
coercion1495
forcement1524
enforcing1531
strain1532
constraint1533
coercement1592
constrainment1593
duress1596
compulse1616
obligement1641
cogency1702
coercive control1827
steamrolling1879
compression1880
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 3 Urgently pretending a necessity, and obligement of joyning the body in a formall reverence.
1855 L. P. Hickok Empirical Psychol. 209 A feeling of constraint or obligement that is known as duty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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