Oblige vs. Obligate
Obligeverb
(transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
Obligeverb
(transitive) To do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
Obligeverb
(intransitive) To be indebted to someone.
Obligeverb
(intransitive) To do a service or favour.
Obligeverb
To attach, as by a bond.
Obligeverb
To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.
Obligeverb
To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate.
Obligeverb
force or compel somebody to do something;
Obligeverb
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted;
Obligeverb
provide a service or favor for someone;
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.
