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Kay wrote:
"Michelle C" wrote in message
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obligate

Just a matter of curiosity - is that an accepted american word? Does it
have a specific meaning or is it the same as 'oblige'? (To oblige
someone to do something is to put a duty upon them to do it)

Dunno, but it's a perfectly good English word, with the meaning that
you assume (often used in a legal or semi-legal sense). It may be
most often used as an adjective, but it has been a perfectly good
verb since 1533.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.