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Verb: necessitate  nu'sesi`teyt
  1. Require as useful, just, or proper
    - ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
     
  2. Cause to be a concomitant

Derived forms: necessitated, necessitates, necessitating

See also: necessity

Type of: lead

Antonym: obviate

Nearest

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NEC
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neck
neck and neck
neck bone
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neck of the woods
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