necessitate
verb (used with object)
to make necessary or unavoidable.
were necessitating
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past progressiveof necessitate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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We learnt in the Sudan how Turco-German machinations were necessitating a more active policy towards the Porte.
From With Manchesters in the East by Sir Gerald B. (Gerald Berkeley) Hurst
