01 v. t. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.
imp. & p. p.
Obligated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Obligating
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To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.“That's your true plan -- to obligate The present ministers of state.” — Churchill.
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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.