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Obligate   /ˈɑbləgˌeɪt/   Listen
Obligate

verb
(past & past part. obligated; pres. part. obligating)
1.
Force somebody to do something.  Synonyms: compel, oblige.
2.
Commit in order to fulfill an obligation.
3.
Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.  Synonyms: bind, hold, oblige.  "I'll hold you by your promise"
adjective
1.
Restricted to a particular condition of life.  Antonym: facultative.



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"Obligate" Quotes from Famous Books



... old man says, like Elphinstone an' Bruce in the Portsmouth election when I was a boy: 'Gentlemen,' he says, 'for gentlemen you have shown yourselves to be—from the bottom of my heart I thank you. The status an' position of our late lamented shipmate made it obligate,' 'e says, 'to take certain steps not strictly included in the regulations. An' nobly,' says 'e, 'have you assisted me. Now,' 'e says, 'you hold the false and felonious reputation of bein' the smartest ship in the Service. Pigsties,' 'e says,' is plane ...
— Traffics and Discoveries • Rudyard Kipling

... life] physiology, biology; animal ecology. nourishment, staff of life &c (food) 298. genetics, heredity, inheritance, evolution, natural selection, reproduction (production) 161. microbe, aerobe, anaerobe, facultative anaerobe, obligate aerobe, obligate anaerobe, halophile [Micro.], methanogen [Micro.], archaebacteria [Micro.], microaerophile [Micro.]. animal &c 366; vegetable &c 367. artificial life, robot, robotics, artificial intelligence. [vital signs] breathing, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... absinthe. A number of other more or less sweeping amendments, it is true, have been proposed, but all alike have failed of adoption. Thus, in 1894, perished a socialistic scheme whereby the state was to obligate itself to provide employment for every able-bodied man, and in the same year, a project to pay over to the cantons a bonus of two francs per capita from the rapidly increasing returns of the (p. 433) customs duties.[635] Similarly, in 1900, failed two interesting projected ...
— The Governments of Europe • Frederic Austin Ogg

... of organic materials obtained from the dead remains of other organisms or from the surfaces of their bodies, and can utilize and decompose them in various ways (Polytrophic) or, if monotrophic, are at least unable to work them up. The true parasites—obligate parasites of de Bary—are placed by Fischer in a third biological group, Paratrophic bacteria, to mark the importance of their mode of life in the interior of living organisms where they live and multiply in ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 - "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" • Various

... any remedial move, however, I resorted to the dollar and cent consideration, and, on investigating, found that, while they were paying $50 per month for that poor light, I could light the cells with candles, three a week to a cell, probably for fourteen dollars. I offered to obligate myself to do it for twenty, and receive only the actual cost whatever it might be below; also to see that no additional trouble came from the melting of the tallow. This argument prevailed, and the warden ...
— The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences • Hosea Quinby

... idea is, and I think rightly, that a conscientious woman would feel the marriage tie, however nominal, a bond that would obligate her to a certain duty toward her husband. As to why we selected you, my dear, my husband and I have had an interest in you for some years, as you know. We have spoken of you as a girl whom we should like ...
— The Rose Garden Husband • Margaret Widdemer

... and hostess, in sending out an invitation, obligate themselves to make everything as enjoyable as possible for their guest, so a guest, in accepting, obligates himself or herself to meet the efforts of the host and hostess at least halfway. Success in the art of being a guest depends ...
— The Etiquette of To-day • Edith B. Ordway



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