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Word: obligate
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- Absolutely indispensable; essential.
- biology Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role: ''an obligate parasite; an obligate anaerobe. ''
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Verb:
- transitive To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force.
- transitive To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
- transitive To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
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