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necessitate

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To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.

To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The scarcity of years does not necessitate lack of wisdom. James Clavell

The unfinished character of human beings and the transformational character of reality necessitate that education be an ongoing activity. Paulo Freire

The vast individual and corporate fortunes, the vast combinations of capital which have marked the development of our industrial system, create new conditions, and necessitate a change from the old attitude of state and the nation toward property. Theodore Roosevelt

Each coming together of man and wife, even if they have been mated for many years, should be a fresh adventure; each winning should necessitate a fresh wooing. Marie Stopes

The intermediate goal is the creation of millions of new jobs and livelihood opportunities. This would necessitate being able to successfully attract much greater amounts of direct investments, especially foreign investments. Francis Escudero

Hawking has violated the unspoken rules of atheism. He isn't supposed to use words like 'create' or even 'made.' They necessitate a Creator and a Maker. Neither are you supposed to let out that the essence of atheism is to believe that nothing created everything, because it's unthinking. Ray Comfort

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