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verb (used with object)
1.
to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
2.
to pledge, commit, or bind (funds, property, etc.) to meet an obligation.
adjective
3.
morally or legally bound; obliged; constrained.
4.
necessary; essential.
5.
Biology. restricted to a particular condition of life, as certain organisms that can survive only in the absence of oxygen: obligate anaerobe (opposed to facultative).
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Obligated
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English obligat (adj.) < Latin obligātus (past participle of obligāre to bind), equivalent to ob- ob- + ligātus; see ligate
1400–50; late Middle English obligat (adj.) < Latin obligātus (past participle of obligāre to bind), equivalent to ob- ob- + ligātus; see ligate
Related forms
ob·li·ga·tor, noun
non·ob·li·gat·ed, adjective
pre·ob·li·gate, verb (used with object), pre·ob·li·gat·ed, pre·ob·li·gat·ing.
qua·si-ob·li·gat·ed, adjective
EXPANDre·ob·li·gate, verb (used with object), re·ob·li·gat·ed, re·ob·li·gat·ing.
un·ob·li·gat·ed, adjective
COLLAPSE
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Example Sentences
- If you have a contractual line of credit, the bank is obligated to maintain that.
- But he does feel obligated to consider the arguments against his ideas and to respond at some point.
- Bison-backed dinosaurs would have been obligated to take up a different posture to handle all that extra bulk.
WordNet
| obligated | |
adjective | |
| caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course; "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated to pay off the student loan" [ant: unobligated] |
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