necessitate
[ nuh-ses-i-teyt ]
/ nəˈsɛs ɪˌteɪt /
verb (used with object), ne·ces·si·tat·ed, ne·ces·si·tat·ing.
to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
to compel, oblige, or force: The new wage demand will necessitate a price increase.
RELATED WORDS
constrain, require, entail, force, behoove, oblige, make, compel, drive, impel, coerce, crave, command, take, demand, ask, postulate, cause
Nearby words
- necessary,
- necessary condition,
- necessary stool,
- necessitarian,
- necessitarianism,
- necessitation,
- necessitous,
- necessitude,
- necessity,
- necessity is the mother of invention
Origin of necessitate
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necessitate
/ (nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt) /
verb (tr)
to cause as an unavoidable and necessary result
(usually passive) to compel or require (someone to do something)
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necessitate
1620s, from Medieval Latin necessitatus, past participle of necessitare "to render necessary," from Latin necessitas (see necessity). Earlier verb in English was necessen (late 14c.). Related: Necessitated; necessitates; necessitating.
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