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necessitate

ne·ces·si·tate

UK/nɪˈsɛsɪteɪt/ US/nəˈsɛsəˌteɪt/ common

verb

1.

require as useful, just, or proper

  • “It takes nerve to do what she did”
  • “success usually requires hard work”
  • “This job asks a lot of patience and skill”
  • “This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”
  • “This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”
  • “This intervention does not postulate a patient”
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2.

cause to be a concomitant

Origin

From earlier necessitat, from Medieval Latin necessitātus, perfect past participle of necessitō (“to make necessary”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)), from Classical Latin necessitās (“necessity, need”) + -ō. Necessitās is derived from necesse (“unavoidable”) (from ne- (“not”) + cessus (“conceded, given up, yielded”). By surface analysis, necessitō + -ate.

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