disoblige
Example Sentences
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To inconvenience and disoblige so large a constituency as this may naturally produce some effect.
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore
"He's a good sort of man, and won't disoblige me, I'll warrant."
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
I will teach you to dare importune Mr. Gorgibus, and plague him with your absurdities!——Ah! my brother … ——Hold your tongue, I tell you.——I would not disoblige … —— … Be silent, rascal.——
From The Flying Doctor (Le Médecin Volant) by Wall, Charles Heron
As she is the Reservoir of Favour, greater Court is made to her than to the Duke himself, and Woe be to those that dare to disoblige her!
Mar. Do, that's a good Boy; and I won't disoblige him this two days.
From The Female Wits by Anonymous
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.