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Obligate

verb

(past & past part. obligated; pres. part. obligating)

Force somebody to do something. Synonyms: compel, oblige.

Commit in order to fulfill an obligation.

Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted. Synonyms: bind, hold, oblige. "I'll hold you by your promise"

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... Ato have agreed to deliver this message and the attached notes. Wolden says that it is a terrible experience to go from the fourth-dimensional light of his into a time-bound world. He will not again obligate himself as a ...

— Hunters Out of Space • Joseph Everidge Kelleam

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