necessitate

[ nuh-ses-i-teyt ]

/ nəˈsɛs ɪˌteɪt /

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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.

Nearby words

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Origin of necessitate

1620–30; < Medieval Latin necessitātus, past participle of necessitāre to compel, constrain. See necessity, -ate¹

Related forms

ne·ces·si·ta·tion, nounne·ces·si·ta·tive, adjectivepre·ne·ces·si·tate, verb (used with object), pre·ne·ces·si·tat·ed, pre·ne·ces·si·tat·ing.un·ne·ces·si·tat·ed, adjective

un·ne·ces·si·tat·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for necessitating

You could lose control and crash into another car, or another vehicle could crash into you, necessitating expensive repairs.
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Above those, however, are the Superfund sites—places that have sustained major, long-term damage, necessitating years of cleanup.
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This muster revealed the fact that Emins followers numbered 600 people, necessitating the enlistment of 350 new carriers.
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It frequently, however, leaves the stomach in a delicate condition, necessitating the utmost care as regards diet.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5|Various

The law which drives them to the act is as necessitating as the law which causes the smoke to rise upwards.
Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker|Meletios Golden
The function of these primitive mills is to grind, necessitating a rough contact between the surface of the mano and the metate.
The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948|A. E. Treganza
At Winchester, for example, in 1107 the central tower fell, necessitating the building of a new one.
Ecclesiastical Curiosities|Various

British Dictionary definitions for necessitating

necessitate

/ (nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt) /

verb (tr)

to cause as an unavoidable and necessary result

(usually passive) to compel or require (someone to do something)

Derived Formsnecessitation, nounnecessitative, adjective

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necessitate

verb (used with object), ne·ces·si·tat·ed, ne·ces·si·tat·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for necessitating

necessitate

verb (tr)