different between necessitate vs prod

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin necessit?tus, past participle of necessit? (“to make necessary”), from Classical Latin necessit?s (“necessity, need”) + -?. Necessit?s is derived from necesse (“unavoidable”) (from ne- (“prefix meaning ‘not’”) + cessus (“conceded, given up, yielded”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n??s?s?te?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /n??s?s??te?t/
• Hyphenation: ne?ces?sit?ate

Verb

necessitate (third-person singular simple present necessitates, present participle necessitating, simple past and past participle necessitated)

1. (transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• necessary (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• necessitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• necessitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Interlingua

Noun

necessitate

1. necessity
2. need

See also

• besonio

Italian

Verb

necessitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of necessitare
2. second-person plural imperative of necessitare
3. feminine plural of necessitato

Latin

Noun

necessit?te

1. ablative singular of necessit?s

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English brodden, from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Verb

prod (third-person singular simple present prods, present participle prodding, simple past and past participle prodded)

1. (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
2. (transitive, informal) To encourage, to prompt.
3. (transitive) To prick with a goad.

Translations

Noun

prod (plural prods)

1. A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
2. A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
3. A poke.

   "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.

4. A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairholt to this entry?)

Derived terms

• cattle prod

Translations

Further reading

• Cattle prod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Shortened from production.

Noun

prod (countable and uncountable, plural prods)

1. (programming, slang, uncountable) Short for production (“the live environment”).

   We've hit ten million users in prod today.

2. (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.

   Check our BBS for the latest prods.

Anagrams

• dorp, drop

Old French

Noun

prod m (nominative singular proz)

1. (early Old French) Alternative form of pro