oblige
verb (used with object)
to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
am obliging
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present progressiveof oblige (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I endeavor to persuade myself, that I am obliging my mother, by giving her an opportunity of shewing her generosity, and of making me happy: I have been in spirits ever since she mentioned it.
From The History of Emily Montague by Frances Brooke
I am obliging Miss PRENDERGAST, and her only.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 3, 1891 by Various
I am obliging Miss Prendergast, and her only.
From The Travelling Companions a Story in Scenes by F. Anstey
