Obligate vs. Obliged

Obligateverb

To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.

Obligateverb

To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.

Obligateverb

To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.

Obligateadjective

(biology) Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role.

Obligateadjective

Absolutely indispensable; essential.

Obligateverb

To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

Obligateverb

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.

Obligateverb

force or compel somebody to do something;

Obligateverb

commit in order to fulfill an obligation;

Obligateverb

bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted;

Obligateadjective

restricted to a particular condition of life;

Obligate

As an adjective, obligate means (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 hibernation, a state of inactivity in which some organisms survive conditions of insufficiently available resources.

Obligedadjective

Under an obligation to do something for someone.

Obligedadjective

Indebted because of a favor done.

Obligedverb

simple past tense and past participle of oblige

Obligedadjective

under a moral obligation to do something