Obligate
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
To bind or constrain; to bind to the observance or performance of a duty; to place under an obligation. To bind one's self by an obligation or promise; to assume a duty; to execute a written promise or covenant; to make a writing obligatory.
Wachter v. Famachon, 62 Wis. 117, 22 N. W. 160; Maxwell v. Jacksonville Loan & Imp. Co.., 45 Fla. 425, 34 South. 255.