Definition of Obligete
Ob"li*gate (?), 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. "Obligated by a sense of duty."
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force.
- To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige.
- To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
- Biology. Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role: an obligate parasite; an obligate anaerobe.
- Absolutely indispensable; essential.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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