āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
obligate
/ËÉblÉĒÉĄËeÉĒt/
to obligate
01
āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž
to make someone do something, typically through legal, moral, or social means
Ditransitive: to obligate sb to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The contract obligates the contractor to complete the construction project within the specified timeframe.
āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻā§ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž
to commit assets or resources as security against a financial obligation or agreement
Dialect
American
Transitive: to obligate an asset or resource as collateral
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As part of the mortgage agreement, they had to obligate their house as security for the loan.
āĻŦāύā§āϧāĻ āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύāϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
obligate
01
āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ, āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝāϤāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ
restricted to a particular condition of life
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
obligation
obligate
oblige
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