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| | obligate | (ออบ'บลิเกท) vt. เป็นภาระหน้าที่, ให้คำมั่น, ทำให้มีพันธะ, ทำบุญคุณให้, เป็นเกณฑ์, บังคับ, กำหนด, ตกลง. adj. จำเป็น, สำคัญ, See also: obligable adj. obligator n. |
| | obligate | (vt) บังคับ, เป็นหนี้บุญคุณ, ผูกมัด, เป็นภาระ |
| | | | Obligate parasitism | (n) เป็นปรสิตที่เจริญได้โดยได้รับอาหารจากสิ่งมีชีวิตที่มันอาศัยอยู่ ไม่สามาถเจริญหรือเพาะเลี้ยงได้ในอาหารเลี้ยงเชื้อ |
| | | | | | obligate | (v) commit in order to fulfill an obligation, Example: obligate money | | obligate | (adj) restricted to a particular condition of life, Ant. facultative, Example: an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen | | obligate anaerobe | (n) an organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen | | unobligated | (adj) not obligated, Ant. obligated | | compel | (v) force somebody to do something, Syn. oblige, obligate, Example: We compel all students to fill out this form | | oblige | (v) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted, Syn. bind, hold, obligate, Example: He's held by a contract; I'll hold you by your promise |
| | Obligate | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] That's your true plan -- to obligate
The present ministers of state. Churchill. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] That they may not incline or be obligated to any vile or lowly occupations. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ] | | obligated | adj. 1. under a moral obligation to someone.
Syn. -- beholden(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. under a legal obligation to someone.
Syn. -- indebted. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 3. owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc. Opposite of unobligated. [ Narrower terms: supposed(predicate), required ]
Syn. -- indebted. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
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