Ob·li·gate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obligated p. pr. & vb. n. Obligating.]
1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive. “Obligated by a sense of duty.”
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.
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obligated
adj : caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course;
"felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated
to pay off the student loan" [syn: obligated(p)]
[ant: unobligated]