Synonyms: compel, force, constrain, necessitate, require
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) oblige | (I) obliged |
| (thou) obligest | (thou) obligedst |
| (he) obliges, obligeth | (he) obliged |
| (we) oblige | (we) obliged |
| (you) oblige | (you) obliged |
| (they) oblige | (they) obliged |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) oblige | (I) obliged |
| (thou) oblige | (thou) obliged |
| (he) oblige | (he) obliged |
| (we) oblige | (we) obliged |
| (you) oblige | (you) obliged |
| (they) oblige | (they) obliged |
| Imperative mood | |
| oblige | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| obliging | obliged |
| Afrikaans | dwing |
|---|---|
| Albanian | detyroj |
| Catalan | obligar |
| Czech | donucovat; donutit; nutit; přinutit |
| Danish | tvinge |
| Dutch | noodzaken; verplichten |
| Esperanto | devigi |
| French | imposer; obliger; obliger à |
| German | zwingen |
| Icelandic | neyða; þvinga |
| Italian | costringere; forzare |
| Latin | coercere |
| Malay | paksa … memaksa |
| Norwegian | tvinge |
| Papiamento | fòrsa; forsa; obligá |
| Polish | zmusić |
| Portuguese | constranger; forçar; obrigar |
| Romanian | forța; sili |
| Saterland Frisian | twinge |
| Spanish | obligar |
| Sranan | dwengi |
| Swedish | förplikta; tvinga |
| Thai | ข่มเหง |
| West Frisian | ferplichtsje |