01 v. t. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.
imp. & p. p.
Necessitated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Necessitating
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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.
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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.