circumvent
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /səːkəmˈvɛnt/
Verb

circumvent (circumvents, present participle circumventing; simple past and past participle circumvented)

  1. (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
  2. (transitive) to surround or besiege
  3. (transitive) to outwit or outsmart
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, pages 279–280 ↗:
      We are mortified by not being thought worthy of trust; and there is also a feeling of small triumph in circumventing those who doubt either our inclination or our power of service.
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