obligate
Meaning of obligate
verb
- To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
- To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
- To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
- Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role.
an obligate anaerobe
- Absolutely indispensable; essential.
Information about obligate
- The plural form of obligate is: obligates.
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Hyphenation of obligate
ob-li-gate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- obligate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
obligate synonyms
Meaning compel:
Meaning oblige:
Words that rhyme with obligate
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