ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

carrefour † ; private road, occupation road; highways and byways; railroad, railway, tram
road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal &c (conduit) 350; street &c (abode) 189;
speedway.
adv.. how; in what way, in what manner; by what mode; so, in this way, after this
fashion.
one way or another, anyhow; somehow or other &c (instrumentality) 631; by way of;
via; in transitu &c 270 [Lat.]; on the high road to.
Phr. hae tibi erunt artes [Lat.].
628. Mid-course -- N. middle course, midcourse; mean &c 29; middle &c 68; juste
milieu [Fr.], mezzo termine [It], golden mean, ariston metron [Gr.], 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 † , loop; winding &c (circuition) 311 [Obs.]; 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 † .
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 † ; 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.