necessitate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ne=ces=si=tate

CIDE DICTIONARY

necessitate, v. t. [Cf. L. necessitatus, p. p. of necessitare, and F. nécessiter. See Necessity.].

•  To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.  [1913 Webster]

  "Sickness [might] necessitate his removal from the court."  [1913 Webster]

  "This fact necessitates a second line."  [1913 Webster]
•  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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

necessitate, v.tr.
1 make necessary (esp. as a result) (will necessitate some sacrifice).
2 US (usu. foll. by to + infin.) force or compel (a person) to do something.

Etymology

med.L necessitare compel (as NECESSITY)

ROGET THESAURUS

necessitate

Necessity

VB lie under a necessity, befated, be doomed, be destined, in for, under the necessity of, have no choice, have no alternative, be one's fate, to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corne, to be unable to help, destine, doom, foredoom, devote, predestine, preordain, cast a spell, necessitate, compel.

Requirement

VB require, need, want, have occasion for, not be able to do without, not be able to dispense with, prerequire, render necessary, necessitate, create a, necessity for, call for, put in requisition, make a requisition, stand in need of, lack, desiderate, desire, be necessary Adj.

Compulsion

VB compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige, force upon, press, cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat, say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial, put down, dragoon, extort, wring from, squeeze, put on the squeeze, put on the screws, turn on the screw, drag into, bind, bind over, pin down, tie down, require, tax, put in force, commandeer, restrain.