2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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 unavoidable. [1913 Webster] Sickness [might] necessitate his removal from the court. --South. [1913 Webster] This fact necessitates a second line. --J. Peile. [1913 Webster] 2. To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel. [1913 Webster] The Marquis of Newcastle, being pressed on both sides, was necessitated to draw all his army into York. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent" [syn: {ask}, {postulate}, {need}, {require}, {take}, {involve}, {call for}, {demand}] [ant: {obviate}] 2: cause to be a concomitant
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