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Definition of necessitate : 1. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.
2. To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.

Synonyms:

dominate, aim, lead, bear, take on, convey, study, film, exact, inquire, challenge, accept, direct, take, regard, assume, count, loom large, take aim, hire, matter, strike, over, want, learn, coerce, guide, lie at the heart of something, ask, enquire, take in, train, admit, pick up, expect, pack, shoot, pick out, entail, signify, request, adopt, collect, necessary, figure, occupy, affect, contain, involve, charter, consider, take away, carry, choose, consume, imply, select, claim, make, bring, emphasize, hold, withdraw, engage, read, ingest, lease, subscribe, invite, gather up, command, compel, predominate, warrant, have, force, fill, look at, subscribe to, postulate, come before, submit, rent, acquire, contend, contract, deal, use up, call for, conduct, quest, get hold of, remove, posit, take up, drive, bespeak, get

need, favor, oblige, require, demand, indulge, constrain, accommodate

Usage examples:

• The effect of the war was to develop technical resources in gathering news, to necessitate a larger scale of expenditure and a wider range of information, and to make a given issue the work of many men instead of one. - "The United States Since The Civil War", Charles Ramsdell Lingley.
• But Mr. Maynard said he feared that would necessitate medicine and medical attendance. - "Marjorie's Busy Days", Carolyn Wells.
• A small portion of the American people are in receipt of incomes that necessitate a report to the revenue officers. - "The American Empire", Scott Nearing.