obligate

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To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige
To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation
Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role: an obligate parasite; an obligate anaerobe.
To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force
Absolutely indispensable; essential
to hold to the fulfillment of duty
{v} to bind, force, compel, oblige
restricted to a particular condition of life, as an obligate seeder, a plant that can only reproduce by seed
restricted to a single mode of behavior or environmental condition (Morris 1992)
To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive
An adjective referring to an environmental factor (for example, oxygen) which is always required for growth, for example, obligate aerobe Compare with facultative
force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"
{f} commit; oblige, compel
restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of OXYGen
commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money" restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of OXYGen
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
restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of OXYGen"
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Invariably A species which is unable to live outside of a given environment Applied to animals living in the dark zone of caves that may display Troglomorphic adaptions Biology - Flora & Fauna Ref AC
If something obligates you to do a particular thing, it creates a situation where you have to do it. The ruling obligates airlines to release information about their flight delays
obligate biped
Adapted for walking only on two legs, with no ability to walk on four; for example, birds
obligate bipeds
plural form of obligate biped
obligate carnivore
An animal that necessarily subsists on a diet consisting mainly of meat, because it does not possess the physiology to digest vegetable matter. Such animals may consume other materials (vegetable or mineral) for non-nutritional purposes
obligate carnivores
plural form of obligate carnivore
obligate carrier
An individual who may be clinically unaffected but who must carry a gene mutation based on analysis of the family history; this usually applies to disorders inherited in an autosomal recessive and X-linked recessive manner
obligate quadruped
Adapted for walking only on four legs, with no ability to walk on two; for example, the hippopotamus
obligate quadrupeds
plural form of obligate quadruped
obligate anaerobe
an organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen
obligated
Simple past tense and past participle of obligate
obligated
having an obligation; obliged
obligated
committed
obligated
{s} bound, obliged, committed
obligated
caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course; "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated to pay off the student loan"
obligated
If you feel obligated to do something, you feel that it is your duty to do it. If you are obligated to someone, you feel that it is your duty to look after them. I felt obligated to let him read the letter He had got a girl pregnant and felt obligated to her and the child
obligates
third-person singular of obligate
obligating
{s} compelling, committing
obligating
present participle of obligate
obligate
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