necessitate
21necessitate — [[t]nɪse̱sɪteɪt[/t]] necessitates, necessitating, necessitated VERB If something necessitates an event, action, or situation, it makes it necessary. [FORMAL] [V n/ ing] A prolonged drought had necessitated the introduction of water rationing...… …
22necessitate — ne·ces·si·tate || nɪ sesɪteɪt v. make necessary, cause to be unavoidable; obligate, compel, force …
23necessitate — [nɪ sɛsɪteɪt] verb make (something) necessary as a result or consequence. ↘force or compel to do something …
24necessitate — v. a. 1. Compel, force, oblige, constrain, impel. 2. Make necessary, render unavoidable …
25necessitate — verb the additional enrollment necessitates an additional staff person Syn: make necessary, entail, involve, mean, require, demand, call for, be grounds for, warrant, constrain, force See note at compel …
26necessitate — v oblige, require, demand, exact, call for, dictate, insist upon; compel, impel, force, make, cause, cause to, have; constrain, bind, tie [s.o. s] hands, leave no option or choice; drive, railroad, ramrod; bring to bear upon, bear down upon, put… …
27necessitate — ne·ces·si·tate …
28necessitate — [nəˈsesɪˌteɪt] verb [T] formal to make something necessary …
29necessitate — ne•ces•si•tate [[t]nəˈsɛs ɪˌteɪt[/t]] v. t. tat•ed, tat•ing 1) to make necessary or unavoidable 2) to compel, oblige, or force • Etymology: 1620–30; < ML necessitātus, ptp. of necessitāre to compel, constrain. See necessity, ate I ne•ces… …
30necessitate — /nəˈsɛsəteɪt / (say nuh sesuhtayt) verb (t) (necessitated, necessitating) 1. to make necessary: the breakdown of the motor necessitated a halt. 2. to compel, oblige, or force: the rise in prices necessitated greater thrift. {Medieval Latin… …
