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obligateverb /ˈɒblɪɡət /1 [with object and infinitive] Require or compel (someone) to undertake a legal or moral duty: the medical establishment is obligated to take action in the best interest of the public...- The Catholic faith I am part of obligates me to have moral courage.
- However, Kant claims that the moral law obligates us to consider the final purpose or aim of all moral action.
- There is no law that can obligate a person to undergo medical treatment in order to save the life of another person.
2 [with object] US Commit (assets) as security: the money must be obligated within 30 days...- This means that funds have to be obligated against contractual agreements within a limited amount of time.
- As agents of investors, managers are obligated to maximize the interests of the owners or principals.
- Sellers are obligated to disclose significant property defects of which they are aware.
adjective /ˈɒblɪɡət / [attributive] BiologyRestricted to a particular function or mode of life: an obligate intracellular parasite...- Taken together, our analysis provides strong evidence for a reductive mode of evolution in obligate intracellular parasites with high rates of DNA loss.
- Microsporidia are a monophyletic assemblage of obligate intracellular parasites that generally infect animals (particularly arthropods and fish).
- Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites that were thought to be an ancient eukaryotic lineage based on molecular phylogenies using ribosomal RNA and translation elongation factors.
Often contrasted with facultative. Derivativesobligator noun ...- Today the happiness is an obligator aspiration.
- This surety bond will indemnify the performance of the obligator.
- Currently, the obligator (India) has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
OriginLate Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'bound by law'): from Latin obligatus, past participle of obligare (see oblige). The current adjectival use dates from the late 19th century. |