necessitate

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. verb require as useful, just, or proper
  2. verb cause to be a concomitant

Etymology

From earlier necessitat, from Medieval Latin necessitātus, perfect past participle of necessitō (“to make necessary”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)), from Classical Latin necessitās (“necessity, need”) + -ō. Necessitās is derived from necesse (“unavoidable”) (from ne- (“not”) + cessus (“conceded, given up, yielded”). By surface analysis, necessitō + -ate.

In classic literature

Synonyms

ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand

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