Ne*ces"si*tate (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Necessitated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Necessitating (?).] [Cf. L. necessitatus,
p. p. of necessitare, and F. nécessiter. 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.