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obligated 音標拼音: ['ɑbləg ,etɪd] obligated adj 1: caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course; " felt obligated to repay the kindness"; " was obligated to pay off the student loan" [ ant: { unobligated}] obligated \ obligated\ adj. 1. under a moral obligation to someone. Syn: beholden( predicate). [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. under a legal obligation to someone. Syn: indebted. [ WordNet 1. 5] 3. owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc. Opposite of { unobligated}. [ Narrower terms: { supposed( predicate), required ] Syn: indebted. [ WordNet 1. 5]
Obligate \ Ob" li* gate\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Obligated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Obligating}.] [ L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. See { Oblige}.] 1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive. " Obligated by a sense of duty." -- Proudfit. [ 1913 Webster] That' s your true plan -- to obligate The present ministers of state. -- Churchill. [ 1913 Webster] 2. 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. [ 1913 Webster] That they may not incline or be obligated to any vile or lowly occupations. -- Landor. [ 1913 Webster] 33 Moby Thesaurus words for " obligated": affianced, answerable for, assured, beholden, beholden to, betrothed, bound, bounden, bounden to, chargeable, committed, compromised, contracted, duty- bound, engaged, guaranteed, in duty bound, indebted to, intended, liable, obligate, obliged, obliged to, pledged, plighted, promised, responsible, saddled, sworn, tied, under obligation, underwritten, warranted |
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