OBLIGATING
Verb
obligating
present participle of obligate
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