Obligate

['ɒblɪgeɪt] or ['ɑblɪ,ɡeɪt]

(verb.) commit in order to fulfill an obligation; 'obligate money'.

(adj.) restricted to a particular condition of life; 'an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen' .

Typist: Sharif--From WordNet

(v. t.) To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

(v. t.) 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.

Editor: Vince

v. a. [Inelegant.] Bind, oblige, bring under obligation.

Typist: Steven