Obligated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  obligated \obligated\ adj.
     1. under a moral obligation to someone.
  
     Syn: beholden(predicate).
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     2. under a legal obligation to someone.
  
     Syn: indebted.
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     3. owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or
        favors etc. Opposite of {unobligated}. [Narrower terms:
        {supposed(predicate), required ]
  
     Syn: indebted.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  obligated
       adj : caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course;
             "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated
             to pay off the student loan" [syn: {obligated(p)}]
             [ant: {unobligated}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "obligated":
     affianced, answerable for, assured, beholden, beholden to,
     betrothed, bound, bounden, bounden to, chargeable, committed,
     compromised, contracted, duty-bound, engaged, guaranteed,
     in duty bound, indebted to, intended, liable, obligate, obliged,
     obliged to, pledged, plighted, promised, responsible, saddled,
     sworn, tied, under obligation, underwritten, warranted