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obligate
[ verb ob-li-geyt; adjective ob-li-git, -geyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to bind or oblige morally or legally:
to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- to pledge, commit, or bind (funds, property, etc.) to meet an obligation.
adjective
- morally or legally bound; obliged; constrained.
- Biology. restricted to a particular condition of life, as certain organisms that can survive only in the absence of oxygen ( facultative ):
obligate anaerobe.
obligate
/ ˈɒblɪˌɡeɪt /
verb
- to compel, constrain, or oblige morally or legally
- (in the US) to bind (property, funds, etc) as security
adjective
- compelled, bound, or restricted
- biology able to exist under only one set of environmental conditions Compare facultative
an obligate parasite cannot live independently of its host
obligate
/ ŏb′lĭ-gĭt,-gāt′ /
- Capable of existing only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role. An obligate aerobe, such as certain bacteria, can live only in the presence of oxygen. An obligate parasite cannot survive independently of its host.
- Compare facultative
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Derived Forms
- ˈobligable, adjective
- ˈobliˌgator, noun
- obˈligative, adjective
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Other Words From
- ob·li·ga·ble [ob, -li-g, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
- ob·li·ga·tor noun
- pre·ob·li·gate verb (used with object) preobligated preobligating
- re·ob·li·gate verb (used with object) reobligated reobligating
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of obligate1
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Example Sentences
Even then, the settlement does not obligate the Wilpon/Katz crowd until year four to make payment of half of what is still owed.
The same reasons that obligate a person to accept circumcision also obligate a person to accept the whole Law.
Similarly, he who would be under obligation to none must obligate himself to all in every respect.
The best way, then, to be under obligation to none is, through love to obligate one's self in every respect to all men.
"Me and Si Klegg'll march 'em over there, and obligate ourselves not to lose a rooster of 'em," said Shorty.
The mere fact that I happened to save your life does not obligate me to marry you, Miss Wharton.
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