Hypertext Webster Gateway: "circumvent"

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

circumvent
v 1: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
Vienna" [syn: {besiege}, {beleaguer}, {surround}, {hem
in}]
2: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She
outfoxed her competitors" [syn: {outwit}, {overreach}, {outsmart},
{outfox}, {beat}]
3: avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues;
"He dodged the issue" [syn: {hedge}, {fudge}, {evade}, {put
off}, {parry}, {elude}, {skirt}, {dodge}, {duck}, {sidestep}]


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