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cir·cum·vent       (sûr'kəm-věnt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   cir·cum·vent·ed, cir·cum·vent·ing, cir·cum·vents
  1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.
  2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city.
  3. To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: She planned a way to circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape.


[Middle English circumventen, from Latin circumvenīre, circumvent- : circum-, circum- + venīre, to go, come; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.]

cir'cum·vent'er, cir'cum·ven'tor n., cir'cum·ven'tion n., cir'cum·ven'tive adj.
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