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obligate Definition


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obligate
verb obligated, obligating
    1. To bind or oblige someone by contract, duty or moral obligation.
      Thesaurus: force, bind, constrain, indebt.
    2. To bind someone by gratitude.
adj
    1. biol.
      Said of an organism, especially a bacterium: limited to specific functions and by specific conditions.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin obligare, obligatum.



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