Ne‐ces″si‐tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Necessitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Necessitating (?).] [Cf. L. necessitatus, p. p. of necessitare, and F. nécessiter. See Necessity.] 1. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.
Sickness necessitate his removal from the court. South.
This fact necessitates a second line. J. Peile.
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.