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 Definitions of obligate  [ob&syl;la&prim;tion&sylnb;al,]  

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Definition of 'obligate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) obligate
to bind or oblige morally or legally.

2.  obligate
to commit (funds, property, etc.) to meet an obligation.

3. (adj.) obligate
restricted to a particular condition of life, as certain organisms that can survive only in the absence of oxygen

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME obligat (adj.) < L obligāre to bind =ob-ob-+ligāre; see ligate)

Definition of 'obligate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) obligate
restricted to a particular condition of life
"an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen"

2. (verb) compel, oblige, obligate
force somebody to do something
"We compel all students to fill out this form"

3. (verb) obligate
commit in order to fulfill an obligation
"obligate money"

4. (verb) oblige, bind, hold, obligate
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
"He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"


Definition of 'obligate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) obligate
to bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive

2. (verb) obligate
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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