Hypertext Webster Gateway: "necessitate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 unaviolable.
Sickness [might] necessitate his removal from the
court. --South.
This fact necessitates a second line. --J. Peile.
2. To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.
The Marquis of Newcastle, being pressed on both
sides, was necessitated to draw all his army into
York. --Clarendon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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" [syn: {ask}, {need},
{require}, {take}, {involve}, {call for}, {demand}]
[ant: {obviate}]
2: cause to be a concomitant
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