Definition of "obligates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obligate. (verb)

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• "Selling calls obligates investors to sell their stock should the stock price rise above the call's strike price."
• "I mean, this kind of obligates the cops to do their duty."
• ""obligates" people to answer "intrusive" check-a-box questions about their ethnicity, religion, etc."