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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Necessitate \Ne*ces"si*tate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Necessitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Necessitating}.] [Cf. L. necessitatus, p. p. of necessitare, and F. n['e]cessiter. See {Necessity}.]
1. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.
Sickness [might] necessitate his removal from the court. --South.
This fact necessitates a second line. --J. Peile.
2. To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.
The Marquis of Newcastle, being pressed on both sides, was necessitated to draw all his army into York. --Clarendon.
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