Necessitating

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The process of rendering something essential or inevitable
2. The act of imposing a requirement or urgency due to certain factors
3. Causing a situation or action to become compulsory or impossible to avoid

Etymology: The verb "necessitate" is built from a Latin chain that began with a negation. Classical Latin "necesse" meant "unavoidable," formed from "ne-" ("not") and "cessus," the past participle of "cedere" ("to yield" or "give way"). The idea is that something cannot be avoided because there is no yielding to it. From "necesse" came "necessitās," meaning "necessity" or "need." Medieval Latin then created "necessitō," meaning "to make necessary," and its past participle "necessitātus" gave English the stem. The "-ate" ending, which in English verbs often comes from Latin participles, was attached to form the verb. The word arrived in English as "necessitate," and the form "necessitating" follows from that verb.

Synonyms: requiring, compelling, forcing

Antonyms: preventing, avoiding