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v. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force.

v. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige.

v. To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.

adj. Biology Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role: an obligate parasite; an obligate anaerobe.

adj. Absolutely indispensable; essential.

v. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force.

v. To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.

v. To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.

adj. Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role: an obligate parasite; an obligate anaerobe.

adj. Absolutely indispensable; essential.

v. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

v. 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.

To bind by legal or moral tie, as by oath, indenture, or treaty; bring under legal or moral obligation; hold to some specific act or duty; pledge.

To place under obligation in any way, as on account of continued favors or repeated acts of kindness; make beholden or indebted; constrain by considerations of duty, expediency, courtesy, etc.

Constrained or bound; having of necessity a particular character, or restricted to a particular course.

n. An obligate parasite. See quotation under obligate, a.

v. force somebody to do something

v. commit in order to fulfill an obligation

adj. restricted to a particular condition of life

v. bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

"Because these probes remain obligate tetramers, they are not the best choice for labeling proteins."

obligated    obligates    obligating   

confide    intrust    commit    trust    entrust   

obligor    oblige    obligee   

obligation    obligatory   

compel    constrain   

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