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necessitate

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  necessitate 
  v  1:  require  as  useful,  just  or  proper;  "It  takes  nerve  to  do 
  what  she  did";  "success  usually  requires  hard  work"; 
  "This  job  asks  a  lot  of  patience  and  skill";  "This 
  position  demands  a  lot  of  personal  sacrifice";  "This 
  dinner  demands  a  spectacular  dessert"  [syn:  {ask},  {need}, 
  {require},  {take},  {involve},  {call  for},  {demand}] 
  [ant:  {obviate}] 
  2:  cause  to  be  a  concomitant




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