Crossword clues for obligating
obligating
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obligate \Ob"li*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obligated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obligating.] [L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. See Oblige.]
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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of obligate English)
Usage examples of "obligating".
Suffice to say, if you can see your way to keeping this business under your bonnet, you'd be highly obligating someone not a million miles away.
In order to participate in the auction, the Federation representative, Lieutenant Worf, signed a contract obligating us to honor all bids, no matter who won or whether subsequent developments rendered the lots obsolete.