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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sickness [ might ] necessitate his removal from the court. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

This fact necessitates a second line. J. Peile. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Marquis of Newcastle, being pressed on both sides, was necessitated to draw all his army into York. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. nécessitation. ] The act of making necessary, or the state of being made necessary; compulsion. [ R. ] bp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]