Open English Wordnet
(v)necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demandrequire as useful, just, or proper“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”