obligate

Verb · Adjective

WordNet 3.0

force somebody to do something“We compel all students to fill out this form”Synonyms: compel oblige
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”Synonyms: oblige bind hold

restricted to a particular condition of life“an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”

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. [1913 Webster]

That's your true plan -- to obligate The present ministers of state.— Churchill.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

That they may not incline or be obligated to any vile or lowly occupations.— Landor.[1913 Webster]