necessitate
1 antonym for necessitate — opposites grouped by meaning.
Verb — To make something needed, so that it has to happen.
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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 (“concede...
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