(chiefly philosophy) Necessity, understood as a logical or other philosophical principle, or as a law or force of nature.

plural of necessitation

(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.

simple past tense and past participle of necessitate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of necessitate

present participle of necessitate

The state or condition of impoverishment; material need, especially of an urgent nature. / (rare) The state or condition of being necessary or essential; necessity.

(archaic) Needy, indigent, destitute, poor. / Lacking; required. / Necessary; unavoidable.

In a necessitous way.

(grammar) Being or relating to a grammatical form that indicates necessity.