obligate

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
3. To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.

Adj

1. Requiring a (specified) way of life, habitat, etc..
2. Indispensable; essential; necessary; obligatory; mandatory; unavoidably invoked.

Sinonimi

oblige

compel

bind

hold

categoric

categorical

cause

coerce

constrain

enforce

engage

force

hard-and-fast

impel

make

necessitate

peremptory

positive

require

round up

specific

strict

unconditional

unconditioned

unquestionable

unquestioning

abject

obligative

absolute

bind over

bludgeon

Con trattino come

ob‧li‧gate

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɒb.lɪˌɡeɪt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Latin obligātus, past participle of obligō. Doublet of oblige, taken through French.