OBLIGATE

obligate. Obligate, v.t. to bind, force, compel, oblige

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Ob″li‐gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obligated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Obligating.] [[L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. See Oblige.]] 1. 1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive. “Obligated by a sense of duty.” Proudfit.
That's your true plan — to obligate The present ministers of state. Churchill. 2. 2. To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.
That they may not incline or be obligated to any vile or lowly occupations. Landor.