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   Obligate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obligated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Obligating.] [L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare.  See Oblige.]
   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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   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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