#628.  Mid-course. —­ N. middle course, midcourse; mean &c. 29 middle
&c. 68; juste milieu[Fr], mezzo termine[It], golden mean, gr/ariston metron/gr[obs3][Grk], aurea mediocritas[Lat].
     straight &c. (direct) 278 straight course, straight path; short cut,
cross cut; great circle sailing.
     neutrality; half measure, half and half measures; compromise. 
     V. keep in a middle course, preserve a middle course, preserve an even
course, go straight &c. (direct) 278.
     go halfway, compromise, make a compromise. 
     Adj. straight &c. (direct) 278. 
     Phr. medium tenuere beati[Lat].

     #629.  Circuit. —­ N. circuit, roundabout way, digression, detour,
circumbendibus, ambages[obs3], loop; winding &c. (circuition) 311[obs3]; zigzag &c. (deviation) 279. 
     V. perform a circuit; go round about, go out of one’s way; make a
detour; meander &c. (deviate) 279.
     lead a pretty dance; beat about the bush; make two bites of a cherry. 
     Adj. circuitous, indirect, roundabout; zigzag &c. (deviating) 279;
backhanded. 
     Adv. by a side wind, by an indirect course; in a roundabout way; from
pillar to post.

     #630.  Requirement. —­ N. requirement, need, wants, necessities;
necessaries, necessaries of life; stress, exigency, pinch, sine qua non, matter of necessity; case of need, case of life or death.
     needfulness, essentiality, necessity, indispensability, urgency.
     requisition &c. (request) 765, (exaction) 741; run upon; demand, call
for.
     charge, claim, command, injunction, mandate, order, precept.
     desideratum &c. (desire) 865; want &c. (deficiency) 640. 
     V. require, need, want, have occasion for; not be able to do without,
not be able to dispense with; prerequire[obs3].
     render necessary, necessitate, create a, necessity for, call for, put
in requisition; make a requisition &c. (ask for) 765, (demand) 741.
     stand in need of; lack &c. 640; desiderate[obs3]; desire &c. 865; be
necessary &c.  Adj. 
     Adj. required &c. v.; requisite, needful, necessary, imperative,
essential, indispensable, prerequisite; called for; in demand, in request.
     urgent, exigent, pressing, instant, crying, absorbing.
     in want of; destitute of &c. 640. 
     Adv. ex necessitate rei &c. (necessarily) 601[Lat]; of necessity. 
     Phr. there is no time to lose; it cannot be spared, it cannot be
dispensed with; mendacem memorem esse oportet [Lat][Quintilian]; necessitas non habet legem[Lat]; nec tecum possum trivere nec sine te [Lat][Martial].

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