About The Word Circumvent
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Circumvent
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What's The Definition Of Circumvent?
[v] avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
[v] beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" [v] surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" Synonyms | Synonyms for Circumvent: beat | beleaguer | besiege | dodge | duck | elude | evade | fudge | hedge | hem in | outfox | outsmart | outwit | overreach | parry | put off | sidestep | skirt | surround Related Terms | Find terms related to Circumvent: avoid | baffle | balk | bamboozle | beat | befool | beg | beguile | betray | bilk | blast | bluff | brave | burke | bypass | cajole | challenge | cheat on | checkmate | circle | circuit | circuiteer | circulate | circumambulate | circummigrate | circumnavigate | close the circle | come full circle | compass | confound | confront | conjure | contravene | counter | counteract | countermand | counterwork | cross | cycle | dash | deceive | defeat | defy | delude | describe a circle | destroy | detour | diddle | disappoint | discomfit | disconcert | discountenance | dish | disrupt | ditch | double | double-cross | dupe | elude | encircle | encompass | escape | evade | flank | flummox | foil | forestall | frustrate | gammon | get around | get away from | get out of | get round | girdle | girdle the globe | give the runaround | give the slip | go about | go around | go one better | go round | go the round | gull | gyre | hoax | hocus-pocus | hoodwink | hornswaggle | humbug | juggle | knock the chocks | lap | let down | make a circuit | mock | nonplus | orbit | outfigure | outflank | outgeneral | outguess | outmaneuver | outplay | outreach | outsmart | outwit | overreach | pass the buck | perplex | pigeon | play one false | put something over | revolve | round | ruin | sabotage | scotch | shake | shake off | shuffle out of | sidestep | skirt | snow | spike | spiral | spoil | stonewall | string along | stump | surround | take in | thwart | trick | two-time | upset | victimize | wheel See Also | assail | attack | avoid | blockade | ebb | exceed | outdo | outgo | outmatch | outstrip | quibble | seal off | surmount | surpass Circumvent In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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