circumvent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: circumvent	by the DICT Development Group
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
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.