different between obligatory vs obligator

English

Etymology

From Middle English obligatorie, from Latin obligat?rius.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??bl???t??i/, /??bl???t??i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??bl???t(?)?i/

Adjective

obligatory (comparative more obligatory, superlative most obligatory)

1. Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.
   • 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory

     […] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.
2. Requiring a matter or obligation.

Synonyms

• bounden
• mandatory

Antonyms

• optional

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• obligatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Middle English

Adjective

obligatory

1. Alternative form of obligatorie

English

Etymology

obligate +? -or

Noun

obligator (plural obligators)

1. (law) One who establishes an obligation under law
   • 1993, Michael J. Lacey & Knud Haakonssen, A culture of rights: the Bill of Rights in philosophy, politics, and law, page 29,

     It should here be explained that in this form of natural-law theory, there is a distinction between the "obligator" who puts us under the obligation to do our duty, and the beneficiary of this duty.

Coordinate terms

• agent
• beneficiary
• obligatee

See also

• obligor

Latin

Verb

oblig?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of oblig?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of oblig?

Romanian

Adjective

obligator m or n (feminine singular obligatoare, masculine plural obligatori, feminine and neuter plural obligatoare)

1. Alternative form of obligatoriu

Declension