reoblige

English

Etymology

re- +‎ oblige

Verb

reoblige (third-person singular simple present reobliges, present participle reobliging, simple past and past participle reobliged)

1. To oblige again; to once again place under an obligation.
   • 1701, John Rushworth, Historical Collections:

     by a Personal treaty with his two Houses of Parliament, and the Commissioners of the Kingdom of Scotland, such things, as are yet in Difference, may be speedily settled, and a firm and lasting Peace established; for the effecting hereof, we do protest, and reoblige our selves, as in the presence of God the searcher of all Hearts, with our Lives and Fortues, to endeavour what in us lies, to Preserve, and Defend His Majesties Royal Person and Authority, the Priviledges of Parliament, and Liberty of the Subject, in their full and constant Freedom the Cities of London and Westminster, Lines of Communication, and Parishes mentioned in the Weekly-Bill of Mortality;

   • 1813, William Buchanan, Reports of Certain Remarkable Cases in the Court of Session, page 104:

     But, you ought to recollect, she says that the annuity was not to be paid, but was to accumulate in my hands as a capital for Jenny's behoof; and then, to prevent all doubt, it goes on to reoblige her to pay a perpetual annuity of L. 300 to Miss Jenny Buchanan as long as she should continue with her, to be accumulated in her own hands during her life, and paid to Miss Jenny, with accumulated interest, after her death.

   • 1925, Studies in Philology - Volume 22, page 480:

     Noting how useful The House of Weeping and The Dying Pastour's Last Legacy had proved, the son was encouraged to reoblige the world by this third composition, which was ready for publication at the time of the author's death.