obligates

Verb

obligate (third-person singular simple present obligates, present participle obligating, simple past and past participle obligated)

1. (transitive) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
   • That progress has taken over ten years and £20 million to bring to fruition. But, as Mands explains, the journey has been one that HSG has been almost obligated to undertake. "First and foremost, this is an environmental project," she says.2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 39

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   also: force: Synonyms

2. (Canada, Scotland, US, transitive) To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
3. (Canada, Scotland, US, transitive) To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.

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