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obligate
DEFINITIONS OF:
obligate
1
v
force somebody to do something
Synonyms:
compel
,
oblige
Types:
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force
,
thrust
impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
walk
make walk
coerce
,
force
,
hale
,
pressure
,
squeeze
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
clamor
compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring
condemn
compel or force into a particular state or activity
shame
compel through a sense of shame
apply
,
enforce
,
implement
ensure observance of laws and rules
enforce
,
impose
compel to behave in a certain way
stick
,
sting
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
exhibit
,
march
,
parade
walk ostentatiously
march
cause to march or go at a marching pace
turn up the heat
,
turn up the pressure
apply great or increased pressure
drive
to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
bludgeon
overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club
steamroll
,
steamroller
bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
squeeze for
squeeze someone for money, information, etc.
dragoon
,
railroad
,
sandbag
compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
terrorise
,
terrorize
coerce by violence or with threats
bring oneself
cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative
execute
,
run
carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
execute
carry out the legalities of
Type of:
cause
,
get
,
have
,
induce
,
make
,
stimulate
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
v
commit in order to fulfill an obligation
“
obligate
money”
Type of:
commit
,
confide
,
entrust
,
intrust
,
trust
confer a trust upon
v
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
Synonyms:
bind
,
hold
,
oblige
Types:
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pledge
bind or secure by a pledge
article
bind by a contract; especially for a training period
indent
,
indenture
bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
tie down
restrain from independence by an obligation
Type of:
relate
have or establish a relationship to
adj
restricted to a particular condition of life
“an
obligate
anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
Antonyms:
facultative
able to exist under more than one set of conditions
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