Necessitate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make necessary or unavoidable.
  • v. To require or compel.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To require something to be brought about.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.
  • v. To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable; cause to be a necessary consequence.
  • To force irresistibly; compel; oblige; impel by necessity.
  • To reduce to a state of need; threaten or oppress by necessity or need, or the prospect of need.
  • Synonyms To constrain, drive.
  • Necessitated.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. require as useful, just, or proper
  • v. cause to be a concomitant
  • Verb Form
    Hyponym
    draw    cry out for    govern    cry for    take    exact    claim    compel    cost   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    force    compel    cause