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To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.] He had obliged all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself. Bacon.

The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given. Blackstone.

Obligation. [R.] I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of divine or human obligement, that you lay upon me. Milton.

One who, or that which, obliges. Sir H. Wotton.

Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind. Mons.Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them. Addison.

The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another. Blackstone.

Having few stamens.

Having few flowers.

A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government.

Oligarchic. Glover.

Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few. "Oligarchical exiles." Jowett (Thucyd. ).

An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.

power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few. All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what they list. Burton.

Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite.

Of or pertaining to hematite.

A combining form from Gr. few, little, small.

The Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology.

An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and related species.

Of or pertaining to the Oligochæta.

A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See Feldspar.