Ne-çēs'si-tāte, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. NECESSITATED; p. pr. & vb. n. NECESSITATING.] [Lat. necessitare, necessitatum, to force, from necessitas: It. necessitare, Sp. necessitar, Fr. nécessiter. See NECESSITY.]
Sense 1. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.
Sickness might necessitate his removal from court. South.
Sense 2. 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.