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Definition of oblige : 1. To attach, as by a bond.
2. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate.
3. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.

Synonyms:

apply, bandage, declare, bear, hold, carry, concur, confine, adjudge, harbor, shackle, sandbag, impress, defend, admit, assist, defy, help, obtain, force, command, threaten, muscle, agree, engage, throw, have got, contribute, truss, halt, lodge, hold back, badger, benefit, deem, withstand, make, attack, blackjack, tie down, fetter, conciliate, help out, secure, reconcile, guard, sustain, curb, stick to, bond, check, hold in, adhere, retain, keep back, support, take for, book, fix, suit, guide, arrest, give, moderate, pester, take, obligate, stick, keep, tie, restrict, serve, maintain, constipate, adapt, reserve, contain, aid, control, bind, restrain, prevail, get through, drag into, take hold, attach, view as, get behind, concord, entertain, nurse, hold up, hold fast, go for, fasten, have, fit, tie up, harbour

drive, nag, impel, browbeat, dictate, intimidate, coerce, goad, dragoon, incite, pressure, galvanize, push, press, bully, mandate, foment, motivate, bulldoze, stress, stimulate, propel, urge, hijack, compel, cause, daunt, spark

necessitate, favor, need, require, demand, indulge, constrain, accommodate

Usage examples:

• " Very sorry we can't oblige you. - "The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him", Paul Leicester Ford.
• " So I have," retorted I. " But my mood- please oblige me this once." - "The Deluge", David Graham Phillips.
• How to oblige Robert and you? - "Shirley", Charlotte Brontë.