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misoblige

misoblige verb: to disoblige.

Verb

misoblige (third-person singular simple present misobliges, present participle misobliging, simple past and past participle misobliged)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To disoblige.
    • Flaminius (whose Statue is next that of Appollo) that good-natured man, who had rather converse with those that wanted his help, doing good, than those whose he wanted, receiving good; that thought it a kindnesse to serve others, and loved them most intirely whom he had misobliged; was born and...1665, The Worthies of the World, page 234
    • But Salome, somewhat jealous of the favour lavished by the young lady on her rather flighty assistant, shook her head, and said she was sorry to misoblige Miss Laura, but Nattee was getting more shiftless every day; she hadn't done work enough since breakfast to pay for her keep, and she couldn't...1865, The Sutherlands, page 80

Forms of misoblige

third-person singular presentmisobliges
present participlemisobliging
past participlemisobliged
pastmisobliged

Origin of misoblige

From mis- + oblige.

Questions about misoblige

What does misoblige mean?
Misoblige means to disoblige.
What part of speech is misoblige?
Misoblige is a verb.
What is the past tense of misoblige?
The past tense of misoblige is misobliged.

Words near misoblige in the dictionary

  1. misobedience
  2. misobey
  3. misobeyed
  4. misobeying
  5. misobeys
  6. misoblige
  7. misobliged
  8. misobliges
  9. misobliging
  10. misobservance
  11. misobservances

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