- Cf. L. necessitatus, p. p. of necessitare, and F. nécessiter. See Necessity
- To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.Sickness [mightnecessitate his removal from the court.This fact necessitates a second line.
- 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.
