# necessitate

> English word · Verb · IPA /nɪˈsɛsɪteɪt/ · frequency rank #35,425

## Definitions
1. To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
2. To force into a certain course of action; compel.

## Etymology
From earlier necessitat, from Medieval Latin necessitātus, perfect past participle of necessitō (“to make necessary”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)), from Classical Latin necessitās (“necessity, need”) + -ō. Necessitās is derived from necesse (“unavoidable”) (from ne- (“not”) + cessus (“conceded, given up, yielded”). By surface analysis, necessitō + -ate.

## Common misspellings (14)
`encessitate`, `nceessitate`, `neccessitate`, `necesistate`, `necesitate`, `necessiatte`, `necessitaet`, `necessitatte`, `necessittae`, `necessittate`, `necesstiate`, `necsesitate`, `neecssitate`, `nnecessitate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/necessitate