Obligated

Verb

1. obligated

   (past of obligate)

Full definition of obligated

Adjective

1. (North America, Scottish) committed
2. (North America, Scottish) having an obligation; obliged

Usage notes

Now only in standard use in American English and some dialects such as Scottish,

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage, p. 675 having disappeared from standard British English by the 20th century, being replaced by obliged (it was previously used in the 17th through 19th centuries).

The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996)

Synonyms

• (having an obligation) obliged

Derived terms

• obligatedly