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obligatory

Main Entry:: oblig·a·to·ry
Pronunciation:: \ə-ˈbli-gə-ˌtȯr-ē, ä- also ˈä-bli-gə-\
Function:: adjective
Date:: 15th century

1: binding in law or conscience2: relating to or enforcing an obligation <a writ obligatory>3: mandatory, required <obligatory military service>; also : so commonplace as to be a convention, fashion, or cliché <the obligatory death scene in opera>4: obligate 1

— oblig·a·to·ri·ly

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\ə-ˌbli-gə-ˈtȯr-ə-lē, ä- also ˌä-bli-gə-\ adverb

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