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English Dictionary: obligate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for obligate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obligate adj restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen" Antonym(s): facultative v force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" Synonym(s): compel, oblige, obligate commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money" bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" Synonym(s): oblige, bind, hold, obligate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obligate \Ob"ligate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obligated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obligating}.] [L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. See {Oblige}.] 1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive. [bd]Obligated by a sense of duty.[b8] --Proudfit. That's your true plan -- to obligate* The present ministers of state. --Churchill. 2. To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge. That they may not incline or be obligated to any vile or lowly occupations. --Landor.