ne·ces·si·tate (n -s s  -t t )tr.v. ne·ces·si·tat·ed, ne·ces·si·tat·ing, ne·ces·si·tates 1. To make necessary or unavoidable. 2. To require or compel. [Medieval Latin necessit re, necessitt-, from Latin necessits, necessity; see necessity.]ne·ces si·tation n.ne·ces si·tative adj. |
necessitate
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[-tating, -tated] to compel or require
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| Verb | 1. | necessitate - 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 postulate a patient's consent" exact, claim, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" exact, claim, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German" draw - require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches" cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job" cry for, cry out for - need badly or desperately; "This question cries out for an answer" compel - necessitate or exact; "the water shortage compels conservation" |
| 2. | necessitate - cause to be a concomitant entail, mean, imply - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" lead - tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests" |
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