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verb
- 1. require or compel (someone) to undertake a legal or moral duty: "the medical establishment is obligated to take action in the best interest of the public"
- 2. commit (assets) as security: US "the money must be obligated within 30 days"
adjective
- 1. restricted to a particular function or mode of life: "an obligate intracellular parasite"
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to force someone to do something, or to make it necessary for someone to do something: The law obligates financial institutions to make monthly reports on large transactions. The contract obligated them to pay hundreds of pounds monthly to a private recruiting firm.
The meaning of OBLIGATE is to bind legally or morally : constrain. How to use obligate in a sentence.
Obligate definition: to bind or oblige morally or legally. See examples of OBLIGATE used in a sentence.
verb. 1. to compel, constrain, or oblige morally or legally. 2. (in the US) to bind (property, funds, etc) as security. adjective. 3. compelled, bound, or restricted. 4. biology. able to exist under only one set of environmental conditions. an obligate parasite cannot live independently of its host. Compare facultative (sense 4)
To obligate is to either force someone to do something or be compelled to do something. You’re obligated to get to work on time if you want to keep your job.
to force someone to do something, or to make it necessary for someone to do something: The law obligates financial institutions to make monthly reports on large transactions. The contract obligated them to pay hundreds of dollars monthly to a private recruiting firm.
Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role: an obligate parasite; an obligate anaerobe.
