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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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