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.

Origin of necessitate

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

OTHER WORDS FROM necessitate

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Words related to necessitation

application, administration, prosecution, imposition, compulsion, prescription, constraint, spur, reinforcement, pressure, duress, insistence, lash, obligation, execution, coercion, exaction, whip, impulsion, fulfilling

Example sentences from the Web for necessitation

  • For this reason the determination we are concerned with is not a necessitation.

    Theodicy |G. W. Leibniz

British Dictionary definitions for necessitation

necessitate
/ (nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt) /

verb (tr)

to cause as an unavoidable and necessary result
(usually passive) to compel or require (someone to do something)

Derived forms of necessitate

necessitation, noun necessitative, adjective