Thesaurus: necessitate

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1. v. t. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.
2. v. t. To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.
3. v. require as useful, just, or proper
4. v. cause to be a concomitant
5. 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.
6. v:100 v. require as useful, just, or proper v. cause to be a concomitant