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   obligate

   verb

   • 1. require or compel (someone) to undertake a legal or moral duty: "the medical establishment is obligated to take action in the best interest of the public"
   • 2. commit (assets) as security: US "the money must be obligated within 30 days"

   adjective

   • 1. restricted to a particular function or mode of life: "an obligate intracellular parasite"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘bound by law’): from Latin obligatus, past participle of obligare (see oblige). The current adjectival use dates from the late 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. obligator noun

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