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English Dictionary: circumvent |
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2 results for circumvent |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- circumvent
- v
- surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
Vienna"
Synonym(s): besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
- beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
Synonym(s): outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
- 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"
Synonym(s): hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Circumvent \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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