OBLIGATED

obligated

(adjective) caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course; “felt obligated to repay the kindness”; “was obligated to pay off the student loan”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

obligated

simple past tense and past participle of obligate

Adjective

obligated (comparative more obligated, superlative most obligated)

(North America, Scottish) committed

(North America, Scottish) having an obligation; obliged

Usage notes

Now only in standard use in American English and some dialects such as Scottish, having disappeared from standard British English by the 20th century, being replaced by obliged (it was previously used in the 17th through 19th centuries).

Synonyms

• (having an obligation): obliged

Anagrams

• tolgabide

Source: Wiktionary

OBLIGATE

Ob"li*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obligated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obligating.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition