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obligate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. That's your true plan -- to obligate The present ministers of state. --Churchill. 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. That they may not incline or be obligated to any vile or lowly occupations. --Landor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: obligate adj 1: (biology) restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of OXYGen" [ant: {facultative}] 2: being under moral or legal obligation; "felt bound by his promise" [syn: {bound}, {compelled(p)}, {constrained(p)}] v : force or compel somebody to do something "We compel all students to fill out this form" [syn: {compel}, {oblige}]
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