单词 | obligement |
释义 | obligementn. 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. 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. 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. 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). < n.1499 |
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