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Verb: necessitate  nu'se-si,teyt
  1. Make essential as a condition or prerequisite
    "The new regulations necessitate additional training";
    - ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
     
  2. Cause to be a concomitant
    "The new regulations will necessitate changes in our procedures"

Derived forms: necessitated, necessitates, necessitating

Type of: bear on, concern, have to do with, lead, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on