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Was Obligated

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99%4Exact Match!
verb

• be obliged to pay or repay

• be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense

• be in debt

95%7Exact Match!
verb

• be appropriate or necessary

31%7Obligated
adjective satellite

• set forth authoritatively as obligatory

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New York Times22 Mar 1993 Down 12
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