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obligated \obligated\ adj.
1. under a moral obligation to someone.

Syn: beholden(predicate).
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2. under a legal obligation to someone.

Syn: indebted.
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3. owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or
favors etc. Opposite of {unobligated}. [Narrower terms:
{supposed(predicate), required ]

Syn: indebted.
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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.
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That's your true plan -- to obligate
The present ministers of state. --Churchill.
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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.
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That they may not incline or be obligated to any
vile or lowly occupations. --Landor.
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