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obligated

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Obligate \Ob"li*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obligated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Obligating}.] [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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

obligated
     adj : caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course;
           "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated
           to pay off the student loan" [syn: {obligated(p)}]
           [ant: {unobligated}]
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