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/nəsˈɛsətˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Necessitate v. t. (past & past part. necessitated; pres. part. necessitating)

To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable. "Sickness (might) necessitate his removal from the court." "This fact necessitates a second line."

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."

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Etymology of 'Necessitate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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