Definition of Circomvent
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to avoid or get around something; to bypass
- to surround or besiege
- to outwit or outsmart
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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