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What (who) is obligate - definition
Obligarotye
obligate
¦ verb
1. compel (someone) to undertake a legal or moral duty.
2. US commit (assets) as security.
¦ adjective Biology restricted to a particular function or mode of life: an obligate parasite.
Derivatives
obligator noun
Origin
ME (as adjective in the sense 'bound by the law'): from L. obligat-, obligare (see oblige).
obligate
(obligates, obligating, obligated)
If something obligates you to do a particular thing, it creates a situation where you have to do it. (FORMAL)
The ruling obligates airlines to release information about their flight delays...
VERB: V n to-inf
obligate
v. (H) what does the agreement obligate us to do?
Wikipedia
Obligate
As an adjective, obligate means "by necessity" (antonym facultative) and is used mainly in biology in phrases such as:
- Obligate aerobe, an organism that cannot survive without oxygen
- Obligate anaerobe, an organism that cannot survive in the presence of oxygen
- Obligate air-breather, a term used in fish physiology to describe those that respire entirely from the atmosphere
- Obligate biped, Bipedalism designed to walk on two legs
- Obligate carnivore, an organism dependent for survival on a diet of animal flesh.
- Obligate chimerism, a kind of organism with two distinct sets of DNA, always
- Obligate hibernation, a state of inactivity in which some organisms survive conditions of insufficiently available resources.
- Obligate intracellular parasite, a parasitic microorganism that cannot reproduce without entering a suitable host cell
- Obligate parasite, a parasite that cannot reproduce without exploiting a suitable host
- Obligate photoperiodic plant, a plant that requires sufficiently long or short nights before it initiates flowering, germination or similarly functions
- Obligate symbionts, organisms that can only live together in a symbiosis
Examples of use of obligate
1. It would, however, obligate changing the writing on soldiers‘ tombstones.
2. Declarations of intent do not necessarily obligate the parties.
3. It did not obligate the state to evacuate the house.
4. That applies mainly to its power to obligate witnesses to testify and to present documents.
5. Presumably, Hamas knows an agreement signed by the PLO does not obligate it.