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obligate

verb as in require

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Even then, the settlement does not obligate the Wilpon/Katz crowd until year four to make payment of half of what is still owed.

The same reasons that obligate a person to accept circumcision also obligate a person to accept the whole Law.

Similarly, he who would be under obligation to none must obligate himself to all in every respect.

The best way, then, to be under obligation to none is, through love to obligate one's self in every respect to all men.

"Me and Si Klegg'll march 'em over there, and obligate ourselves not to lose a rooster of 'em," said Shorty.

The mere fact that I happened to save your life does not obligate me to marry you, Miss Wharton.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to obligate, such as: constrain, oblige, bind, force, restrain, and restrict.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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