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obligate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen.
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As separate and legal entities, member firms and DTTL cannot obligate each other.
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However, such a license wouldn't obligate Ameren to actually build a new plant.
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Moran, N. A.Tracing the evolution of gene loss in obligate bacterial symbionts.
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California law doesn't obligate any hospital to have to contract with anyone.
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Simply because a diagnosis is made does not obligate insurers to pay for treatment.
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No one expects those without faith to obligate themselves to a religious community.
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Obligate biotrophy features unraveled by the genomic analysis of rust fungi.
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Absence of population-level phenotype matching in an obligate pollination mutualism.
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A save-the-date card doesn't obligate you to accept or regret at this point.
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- Restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen"
- Compel: force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"
- Commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"
- Oblige: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
- Obligate means "by necessity" (antonym facultative) and is used mainly in biology in phrases such as: * Obligate aerobe, an organism that cannot survive without oxygen * Obligate anaerobe, an organism that cannot survive in the presence of oxygenn* Obligate air-breather, a complex organism which ...
- Refers to a response to particular condition or way of life for which there is no alternative; ie. a plant or animal that only lives in a prairie ecosystem. ...
- A species that is dependent on a very narrow food base. The White-tailed Kite feeds almost entirely on mice of the genus Microtus. The kite has been described as a Microtene Obligate. The Snail Kite feeds entirely on snails, and specifically the Apple Snail (Pomacea paludosa).
- Invariably found in a particular situation; usually used in reference to organisms that must live in intimate association with a living host (cf. FACULTATIVE, OPPORTUNISTIC).
- An adjective meaning "by necessity" (antonym facultative) and used mostly in biology
