Ob"li*gate (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Obligated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Obligating.] [L. obligatus, p. p. of
obligare. See Oblige.] 1. To
bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a
constraining motive. "Obligated by a sense of duty."
Proudfit.
That's your true plan -- to obligate
The present ministers of state.
Churchill.
2. 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.
That they may not incline or be obligated to
any vile or lowly occupations.
Landor.