Look up: obligate

1. Obligate
   Obligate means "by necessity" (antonym facultative) and is used mainly in biology in phrases such as: ...
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2. obligate
   Restricted to a particular set of environmental conditions, without which an organism cannot survive. (e.g., an obligate parasite can survive only by parasitizing another organism.)
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3. Obligate
   Refers to an organism that is restricted to a particular set of environmental conditions, without which it cannot survive.
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4. obligate
   [adj] - (biology) restricted to a particular condition of life 2. [v] - commit in order to fulfill an obligation
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5. obligate
   a parasite incapable of existing independently of a host Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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6. Obligate
   Ob'li·gate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Obligated ; present participle & verbal noun Obligating .] [ Latin obligatus , past participle of obligare . See ...
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7. obligate
   Without an alternative system or pathway. ... Origin: L. Ob-ligo, pp. -atus, to bind to ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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8. obligate
   adjective restricted to a particular condition of life; `an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of OXYGen`
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9. obligate
   (ob´lĭ-gāt) not facultative; necessary; compulsory; pertaining to or characterized by the ability to survive only in a particular environment or to assume only a particular role, as an obligate anaerobe.
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10. Obligate
    • (v. t.) To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive. • (v. t.) 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.
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11. obligate
    obligate 1. To bind, to compel, or to constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige. 3. To commit; for example, money, in order to fulfill an obligation. 4. In biology, restricted to one particular mode of life or set of conditions. 5. Restricted t...
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12. obligate
    restricted to a particular host, substratum or mode of nutrition.
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13. OBLIGATE
    Pertaining to a species which is unable to live outside the cave environment, often found in the dark zone and may display troglomorphic adaptations.
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14. obligate
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ob′li-gāt Definitions: 1. Without an alternative system or pathway.
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15. Obligate
    restricted to particular conditions or circumstances
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16. Obligate
    restricted to a single mode of behavior or environmental condition (Morris 1992).
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17. obligate
    of parasites, unable to survive without the host; compare faculative.
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