necessitate

tr.v., -tat·ed, -tat·ing, -tates.

1. To make necessary or unavoidable.
2. To require or compel.

[Medieval Latin necessitāre, necessitāt-, from Latin necessitās, necessity. See necessity.]

necessitation ne·ces'si·ta'tion n.
necessitative ne·ces'si·ta'tive adj.

verb

To have as a need or prerequisite: ask, call for, demand, entail, involve, require, take. See necessary/unnecessary, over/under.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: require as useful, just, or proper
  Synonyms: ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
  Antonym: obviate (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: cause to be a concomitant

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - nødvendiggøre

Nederlands (Dutch)
noodzaken tot, noodzakelijk maken, vereisen

Français (French)
v. tr. - nécessiter, rendre nécessaire, contraindre

Deutsch (German)
v. - nötigen zu, erforderlich machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναγκαιώ, καθιστώ αναγκαίο ή απαραίτητο, υποχρεώνω, (ΗΠΑ) απαιτώ, επιβάλλω

Italiano (Italian)
necessitare, costringere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - necessitar, obrigar

Русский (Russian)
делать обязательным, вынуждать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - necesitar, hacer necesario, exigir, requerir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - nödvändiggöra, kräva, framtvinga, tvinga, nödga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使成为必需, 需要, 迫使

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使成為必需, 需要, 迫使

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 필요로 하다, 부득이 ~하게 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 必要とする, 余儀なくさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يوجب, يحتم, يستلزم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הצריך, דרש, הכריח‬

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