Misoblige
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To disoblige. obsolete, rare
"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 bred in a warlike time, and served under Marcellus against Hannibal, in whose stead (when he was slain in an ambush) he was made governour of Tarentum then re-taken, where he shewed himself so good a man, and so expert a Souldier, that he was appointed their Leader that were to inhabit the new Cities of Narnia and Coffa;"
Example
More examples"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 bred in a warlike time, and served under Marcellus against Hannibal, in whose stead (when he was slain in an ambush) he was made governour of Tarentum then re-taken, where he shewed himself so good a man, and so expert a Souldier, that he was appointed their Leader that were to inhabit the new Cities of Narnia and Coffa;"
Etymology
From mis- + oblige.
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