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Webster 1913 Edition
Circumvent
Cirˊcum-vent′
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Circumvent
CIRCUMVENT
,Verb.
T.
To gain advantage over another, or to accomplish a purpose, by arts, stratagem, or deception; to deceive; to prevail over another by wiles or fraud; to delude; to impose on.
Definition 2024
circumvent
circumvent
English
Verb
circumvent (third-person singular simple present circumvents, present participle circumventing, simple past and past participle circumvented)
- (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
- (transitive) to surround or besiege
- (transitive) to outwit or outsmart
Translations
to avoid or get around something
to surround or besiege
to outwit