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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
disoblige .
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Examples
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If a tenant disobliges his landlord by voting against him, or against his opinion, at an election, the tenant is immediately informed by the agent that he must become an ENGLISH
Castle Rackrent 2006
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He receives a Letter from his Aunt, breaks with the Commodore, and disobliges the Lieutenant, who, nevertheless, undertakes his Cause.
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He receives a Letter from his Aunt, breaks with the Commodore, and disobliges the Lieutenant, who, nevertheless, undertakes his Cause.
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Not that his ill-nature is all the grievance of which I complain; exclusive of the personal disgust I entertain for him, his folly is of that species which disobliges rather than diverts, and his vanity and affectation altogether intolerable; for he actually believes himself, or at least would impose himself upon mankind, as a pattern of gallantry and taste; and, in point of business. a person of infinite sagacity and penetration.
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Occasion — the Prude reproaches me in a Soliloquy — I upbraid her in the same Manner — the Behaviour of Miss Snapper, at Breakfast, disobliges me — the Lawyer is witty upon the
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He receives a Letter from his Aunt, breaks with the Commodore, and disobliges the Lieutenant, who, nevertheless, undertakes his
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I have always thought that the man who will be nothing but a man of wit oftener disobliges than entertains the company.
Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) Melville, Lewis 1921
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I have always thought that the man who will be nothing but a man of wit oftener disobliges than entertains the company.
Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) Lewis Melville 1903
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If a tenant disobliges his landlord by voting against him, or against his opinion, at an election, the tenant is immediately informed by the agent, that he must become an
Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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If a tenant disobliges his landlord by voting against him, or against his opinion, at an election, the tenant is immediately informed by the agent that he must become an ENGLISH TENANT.
Castle Rackrent Maria Edgeworth 1808
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