different between obligated vs beholden

English

Verb

obligated

1. simple past tense and past participle of obligate

Adjective

obligated (comparative more obligated, superlative most obligated)

1. (Canada, US, Scotland) committed
2. (Canada, US, Scotland) having an obligation; obliged
   • 2016 January 26, "When ‘Made In Israel’ Is a Human Rights Abuse," The New York Times (retrieved 26 January 2016):

     Under a provision of a larger piece of legislation, popularly known as the Customs Bill, that has been approved by the House and is expected to soon pass the Senate, American officials will be obligated to treat the settlements as part of Israel in future trade negotiations.

Usage notes

Now only in standard use in American English and some dialects such as Scottish, having disappeared from standard British English by the 20th century, being replaced by obliged (it was previously used in the 17th through 19th centuries).

Synonyms

• (having an obligation): obliged

Derived terms

• obligatedly

Translations

See also

• obligate (adjective)

References

Anagrams

• tolgabide

English

Alternative forms

• beholding (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English beholden, from Old English behealdan. Cognate with behold in the otherwise unrecorded sense “bound”.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??h??ld?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??ho?ld?n/
• Rhymes: -??ld?n
• Hyphenation: be?hol?den

Adjective

beholden (not comparable)

1. Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged.

Derived terms

• beholdenness
• unbeholden

Translations