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ne·ces·si·tate     (nə-sěs'ĭ-tāt')  Pronunciation Key 
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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