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   necessitate

   /nɪˈsɛsɪteɪt/

   verb

   • 1. make (something) necessary as a result or consequence: "a cut which necessitated eighteen stitches"
   • ▪ make it necessary for (someone) to do something: "the late arrival had necessitated her getting out of bed"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from medieval Latin necessitat- ‘compelled’, from the verb necessitare, based on Latin necesse‘be needful’.

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