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ne⋅ces⋅si⋅tate

  [nuh-ses-i-teyt]
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–verb (used with object), -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.
1. to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
2. to compel, oblige, or force: The new wage demand will necessitate a price increase.
Origin:
1620–30; < ML necessitātus, ptp. of necessitāre to compel, constrain. See necessity, -ate 1

Related forms:
ne⋅ces⋅si⋅ta⋅tion, noun
ne⋅ces⋅si⋅ta⋅tive, adjective
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ne·ces·si·tate   (nə-sěs'ĭ-tāt')   
tr.v.   ne·ces·si·tat·ed, ne·ces·si·tat·ing, ne·ces·si·tates
  1. To make necessary or unavoidable.
  2. To require or compel.

[Medieval Latin necessitāre, necessitāt-, from Latin necessitās, necessity; see necessity.]
ne·ces'si·ta'tion n., ne·ces'si·ta'tive adj.
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Necessitate

Ne*ces"si*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Necessitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Necessitating.] [Cf. L. necessitatus, p. p. of necessitare, and F. n['e]cessiter. See Necessity.]

1. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.

Sickness [might] necessitate his removal from the court. --South.

This fact necessitates a second line. --J. Peile.

2. To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.

The Marquis of Newcastle, being pressed on both sides, was necessitated to draw all his army into York. --Clarendon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : necessitate
Spanish: necesitar, exigir,
German: erfordern,
Japanese: 必要とする
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