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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: obligate(0.00899 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to obligate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: obligate
obligate
adj : restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate
anaerobe can survive only in the absence of OXYGen”
[ant: facultative]
obligate
v 1: force or compel somebody to do something; “We compel all
students to fill out this form” [syn: compel, oblige]
2: commit in order to fulfill an obligation; “obligate money”
3: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; “He's held by a
contract”; “I'll hold you by your promise” [syn: oblige,
bind, hold]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Obligate
Obligate \Ob"li*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obligated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Obligating.] [L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. See
Oblige.]
1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to
hold by a constraining motive. “Obligated by a sense of
duty.” --Proudfit.
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That's your true plan -- to obligate
The present ministers of state. --Churchill.
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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.
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That they may not incline or be obligated to any
vile or lowly occupations. --Landor.
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