obligate

obligate is a   Verb

Definition:

[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.

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