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Necessitated

Necessitate \Ne*ces"si*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Necessitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Necessitating.] [Cf. L. necessitatus, p. p. of necessitare, and F. n['e]cessiter. See Necessity.]

  1. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.

    Sickness [might] 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.

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necessitated

vb. (en-past of: necessitate)

Usage examples of "necessitated".

The excessive number of aircars above Lothara, official and civil, flying at distressing proximity, necessitated my retreat behind the curtain.

Additional journeys to the Yokohama will be necessitated to improve the basic life-support systems, namely to replant the algae tanks.

There were unprecedented foul-ups in the food supply and a heavy drain on the power sources necessitated cuts of the entertainment circuits.

Technically I had what they call a traumatic explo sion of Talent necessitated by an intense urge to sur vive.

Of course, people on shipboard were required to keep their body weight to a certain level, a requirement necessitated by the narrow passages, small hatches, and the close confinement of the rooms.

But to do so has necessitated your giving me your constant companionship.

Now and then streams running into it necessitated their making a detour through low rugged sandstone hills.

But, if so, why should the carrying out of the plan have necessitated Shih-niang's death?

This necessitated several excursions into the forest, and they found that a great number of trees had been blown down by the last hurricane.

The motion of the litter would have been more easy for the wounded lad, but it would have necessitated two bearers, that is to say, there would have been two guns less for defense if an attack was made on the road.

Jap positions in increasing numbers had necessitated many long detours.

This rapid necessitated another short portage before we were actually afloat upon the bosom of Nipishish itself.

We could not dally now, and I chose this method of preserving the meat, rather than “jerk” it (that is, dry it in the open air over a smoky fire), which would have necessitated a halt of three or four days.

But the going was fearfully poor, soft snow was drifted deep in the trail over Cape Porcupine, the ice in Traymore was broken up by the gales, and this necessitated a long detour, so it was nearly dark and snowing hard when we at last reached the house of James Williams, at North River, just across Sandwich Bay from Cartwright Post.

His Lordship had arrived at the meeting in a far from good humour, as he was spending the week-end with friends near Winchester and to attend had necessitated his having to make do with a sandwich lunch after abandoning a day's shooting half way through.