0 to make someone feel morally or legally forced to do something:
I’m in favor of obligating welfare recipients to do more.
1 to force someone to do something:
2 to officially state that money will be used to pay for something:
Though the federal government is not obligated to fund primary education, with democratisation the federal government simply could not resist.
Thus, a contractual duty obligates the healthcare organization to retain qualified professional personnel.
No ethical theory and no version of obstetric ethics based on beneficence and respect for autonomy obligate the physician to attempt the impossible.
But one would not be obligated to inquire about the motorist's welfare long after this act.
As obligate parasites viruses are dependent on their hosts but their origins seem to deviate from that of cellular life.
Favors such as gifts, meals, and invitations obligate us to a future repayment of some kind.
This obligates investigators to provide transparency as to the details of the trial from recruitment of subjects to its results.
None of the sequences could be assigned to obligate anaerobic bacteria.
