Necessitate

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  • transitive verb. To make necessary or unavoidable.
  • transitive verb. To require or 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.
  • transitive verb. To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To require something to be brought about.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. require as useful, just, or proper
  • verb. cause to be a concomitant
  • Word Usage
    "Our ability to navigate the compromises those conflicting rights necessitate is what makes us good at living collectively, or not."
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    claim  compel  cost  cry for  cry out for  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cause  compel  force