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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•li•gate /ˈɑblɪˌgeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object + to + verb], -gat•ed, -gat•ing. - to make (someone) feel or understand that some action is morally or legally necessary:The contract obligates you to pay on time.
See -lig-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•li•gate (v. ob′li gāt′;adj. ob′li git, -gāt′),USA pronunciation v. -gat•ed, -gat•ing, adj. v.t. - to bind or oblige morally or legally:to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- to pledge, commit, or bind (funds, property, etc.) to meet an obligation.
adj. - morally or legally bound;
obliged;
constrained. - necessary;
essential. - Ecology[Biol.]restricted to a particular condition of life, as certain organisms that can survive only in the absence of oxygen:obligate anaerobe(opposed to facultative).
- Latin obligātus (past participle of obligāre to bind), equivalent. to ob- ob- + ligātus; see ligate
- late Middle English obligat (adjective, adjectival) 1400–50
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