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Webster 1913 Edition

Necessitate

Ne-ces′si-tate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Necessitated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Necessitating
.]
[Cf. L.
necessitatus
, p. p. of
necessitare
, and F.
nécessiter
. See
Necessity
.]
1.
To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Necessitate

NECESSITATE

,
Verb.
T.
To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable; to compel.
The marquis of Newcastle, being pressed on both sides, was necessitated to draw all his army into York.
Sickness might necessitate his removal from court.

Definition 2024

necessitate

necessitate

English

Verb

necessitate ‎(third-person singular simple present necessitates, present participle necessitating, simple past and past participle necessitated)

  1. to make necessary; to require (something) to be brought about.

Related terms

External links

  • necessitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • necessitate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Interlingua

Noun

necessitate

  1. necessity
  2. need

See also

Italian

Verb

necessitate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of necessitare
  2. second-person plural imperative of necessitare
  3. feminine plural of necessitato

Latin

Noun

necessitāte

  1. ablative singular of necessitās

Etymology

From Medieval Latin necessitatus, past participle of necessitare ‎(“to make necessary”), from Latin necessitas ‎(“necessity”); see necessity.

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