CIRCUMVENT

hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep

(verb) 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”

outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent

(verb) beat through cleverness and wit; “I beat the traffic”; “She outfoxed her competitors”

besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent

(verb) surround so as to force to give up; “The Turks besieged Vienna”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

circumvent (third-person singular simple present circumvents, present participle circumventing, simple past and past participle circumvented)

(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass

(transitive) to surround or besiege

(transitive) to outwit or outsmart

Source: Wiktionary

Cir`cum*vent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumvented; p. pr. vb. n. Circumventing.] Etym: [L. circumventis, p. p. of circumvenire, to come around, encompass, decieve; circum + venire to come, akin to E. come.]

Definition: To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around. I circumvented whom I could not gain. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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