Main entry: take, necessitate, need, ask, require, postulate, call for, involve, demand
Definition: require as useful, just, or proper
Usage: It takes nerve to do what she did; success usually requires hard work; This job asks a lot of patience and skill; This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice; This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert; This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
Main entry: necessitate
Definition: cause to be a concomitant