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Obligated vs Abligated - What's the difference?

obligated | abligated |

As verbs the difference between obligated and abligated

is that obligated is past tense of obligate while abligated is past tense of abligate.

As an adjective obligated

is committed.

obligated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (obligate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (North America, Scottish) committed
  • (North America, Scottish) having an obligation; obliged

    • Usage notes

    Now only in standard use in American English and some dialects such as Scottish,Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage,'' p. 675 having disappeared from standard British English by the 20th century, being replaced by obliged (it was previously used in the 17th through 19th centuries).''The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996)

    Synonyms

    * (having an obligation) obliged

    Derived terms

    * obligatedly

    See also

    * (adjective)

    References

    abligated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abligate)

    • abligate

    English

    Verb

    (abligat)
  • (obsolete) To tie up so as to hinder from.

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