Obligate /(?)/

Ob·li·gate

Obligate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Obligated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obligating

  1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.
    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.