CIRCUMVENT

circumvent. Circumvent, v.t. to deceive, cheat, gull, overreach

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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.