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	“[[Obligated]]” is only a word if you have some kind of aversion to verbs: It is a {{tag\|verb}}, inevitably used in the {{tag\|passive}} (I am ''[[obliged]]'') ~~that~~ was ~~then~~ [[nominalisation\|nominalised]] into a {{tag\|noun}} (I am subject to an ''obligation'') and then inexpertly ~~converted~~ {{isdaprov\|back}} to a {{tag\|verb}} again (I am ''[[obligated]]''). There's a better, active, English verb: “[[must]]”.		“[[Obligated]]” is only a word if you have some kind of aversion to verbs: It started out life as a {{tag\|verb}}, inevitably used in the {{tag\|passive}} (I am ''[[obliged]]''), was brusquely [[nominalisation\|nominalised]] into a {{tag\|noun}} (I am subject to an ''obligation'') and then inexpertly retrofitted {{isdaprov\|back}} to a {{tag\|verb}} again, still in the passive (I am ''[[obligated]]'').

			There's a better, active, English verb: “[[must]]” which, if you are to find favour with people like me, you shall be obligated to [[effect]] the deployment [[of]].