obligate
ob
ˈɑb
aab
li
lə
lē
gate
ˌgeÉĒt
geit
/ˈɒblÉĒɡˌeÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "obligate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone do something, typically through legal, moral, or social means
Ditransitive: to obligate sb to do sth
to obligate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The contract obligates the contractor to complete the construction project within the specified timeframe.
āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to commit assets or resources as security against a financial obligation or agreement
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Transitive: to obligate an asset or resource as collateral
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As part of the mortgage agreement, they had to obligate their house as security for the loan.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ• āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ‹āϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύāϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāϤāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ•

restricted to a particular condition of life

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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