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Obligate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

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

(2):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Obligate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/obligate.html. 1828.