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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. force somebody to do something;
- Example: "We compel all students to fill out this form"
[syn: compel, oblige, obligate]

2. commit in order to fulfill an obligation;
- Example: "obligate money"

3. bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted;
- Example: "He's held by a contract"
- Example: "I'll hold you by your promise"
[syn: oblige, bind, hold, obligate]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. restricted to a particular condition of life;
- Example: "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Obligate \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.
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            That's your true plan -- to obligate
            The present ministers of state.       --Churchill.
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   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.
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            That they may not incline or be obligated to any
            vile or lowly occupations.            --Landor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

obligate
    adj 1: restricted to a particular condition of life; "an
           obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of
           oxygen" [ant: facultative]
    v 1: force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to
         fill out this form" [syn: compel, oblige, obligate]
    2: commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"
    3: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a
       contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [syn: oblige,
       bind, hold, obligate]