necessitarianism (nesesitarianizm)

[ It. nec e it are = Sp. necesi tar = Pg. nece itar = F. néce iter ), make nece ary, The politician never thought that he might fall dangerously sick, and that sickne nece itate his removal from the court. South . Right, as we can think it, nece itates the thought of not right, or wrong, for its correlative. H. Spencer, Data of Ethics, § 99. 2. To force irresistibly; compel; oblige; impel by nece ity. No man is nece itated to more il, yet no mans ill is le e excus'd. Bp. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A Poore Man. 3t. To reduce to a state of need; threaten or oppre by nece ity or need, or the prospect of need. It was a position of the Stoics that he was not poor who wanted, but he who was nece itated . Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 379. We were now greatly nece itated for food, and wanted some fresh orders from the King's mouth for our future subsistence. R. Knox (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 380). =Syn. 2. To constrain, drive. I bade her, if her fortunes ever stood Nece itied to help, that by this token I would relieve her. Shak., All's Well, v. 3. 85.