oblige jittery moat patrol senile

oblige

o·blige /əˈblaɪdʒ/ verb formal

[transitive usually passive] if you are obliged to do something, you have to do it because the situation, the law, a duty etc makes it necessary
1. oblige somebody to do something
  1. The minster was obliged to report at least once every six months.
  2. Circumstances had obliged him to sell the business.
2. feel obliged to do something (=feel you have a duty do to something)
  1. Many parents feel obliged to pay for at least part of the wedding
[intransitive and transitive] to do something that someone has asked you to do
1. It is always a good idea to oblige important clients
2. happy/glad/ready etc to oblige
  1. If you need a ride home, I’d be happy to oblige
I’d be obliged if
1. spoken formal
2. used to make a polite request
  1. I’d be obliged if you’d treat this matter as strictly confidential
(I’m) much obliged (to you)
1. spoken old-fashioned
2. used to thank someone very politely

jit·ter·y /ˈdʒɪtəri/ adjective informal

anxious or nervous

moat /məʊt $ moʊt/ noun [countable]

a deep wide hole, usually filled with water, dug around a castle as defence
a deep wide hole dug around an area for animal in a zoo to stop them from escaping

pa·trol1 /pəˈtrəʊl $ -ˈtroʊl/ verb (past tense and past participle patrolled, present participle patrolling) [transitive]

to go around the different parts of an area or building at regular times to check that there is no trouble or danger
1. Armed guards patrolled the grounds
2. an area patrolled by special police units
to drive or walk around an area in a threatening way
1. Gangs of youths patrolled the streets at night.

se·nile /ˈsiːnaɪl/ adjective

mentally confused or behaving strangely, because of old age