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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of disoblige.

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Examples

  • To make certain that Admiral Le Pelley was not disobliged, I took it upon myself to visit him.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • To make certain that Admiral Le Pelley was not disobliged, I took it upon myself to visit him.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • “I, who am upon the spot . . . know of the infinite difficulty of resisting the powerful solicitations of great men who, if disobliged, might have it in their power to obstruct the supplies Deane was then obtaining.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • “I, who am upon the spot . . . know of the infinite difficulty of resisting the powerful solicitations of great men who, if disobliged, might have it in their power to obstruct the supplies Deane was then obtaining.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • To make certain that Admiral Le Pelley was not disobliged, I took it upon myself to visit him.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • The problem is exacerbated by the simple fact that only one side, Hamas, can call an effective halt to this because if Israel calls a ceasefire Hamas feel disobliged to observe it.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • The problem is exacerbated by the simple fact that only one side, Hamas, can call an effective halt to this because if Israel calls a ceasefire Hamas feel disobliged to observe it.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Delvile, his grandfather, who, disobliged by his eldest son, the present lord, left every thing he had power to dispose of to his second son, Mr

    Cecilia 2008

  • However, the Confinement had so disobliged me that it answered my Wife's Intentions; and I went away to St. Germain's, leaving Cloris to shift for her self in finding a new Gallant.

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • Wife to have me disobliged, that I might get me gone, and so rid her of the Company of an ill Husband; Cloris, that I might be prevented from going, that she might retain her beloved Gallant.

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

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