Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Circumventing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Circumvent \Cir`cum*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumvented};
p. pr. vb. n. {Circumventing}.] [L. circumventis, p. p. of
circumvenire, to come around, encompass, deceive; circum +
venire to come, akin to E. come.]
To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to
decieve; to delude; to get around.
I circumvented whom I could not gain. --Dryden.
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.