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. [1913 Webster] That's your true plan -- to obligate The present ministers of state. --Churchill. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] That they may not incline or be obligated to any vile or lowly occupations. --Landor. [1913 Webster]