circumvent
[sur-kuhm-vent, sur-kuhm-vent]
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verb (used with object)
to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements.
to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops.
Origin of circumvent
1545–55; < Latin circumventus (past participle of circumvenīre to come around, surround, oppress, defraud), equivalent to circum- circum- + ven(īre) to come + -tus past participle suffix
Synonyms for circumvent
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circumvent
verb (tr)
Word Origin for circumvent
C15: from Latin circumvenīre, from circum- + venīre to come
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