circumvent

verb (used with object)

to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.

to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements.

to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops.

Origin:
1545–55; < Latin circumventus (past participle of circumvenīre to come around, surround, oppress, defraud), equivalent to circum- circum- + ven(īre) to come + -tus past participle suffix

Related forms

cir·cum·vent·er, cir·cum·ven·tor, noun

cir·cum·ven·tion, noun

cir·cum·ven·tive, adjective

un·cir·cum·vent·ed, adjective

Synonyms
2. escape, elude, evade, outwit. 3. encircle; ensnare.

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circumvent (ˌsɜːkəmˈvɛnt)

—vb
1.	to evade or go around
2.	to outwit
3.	to encircle (an enemy) so as to intercept or capture

[C15: from Latin circumvenīre, from circum- + venīre to come]

circum'venter

—n

circum'ventor

—n

circum'vention

—n

circum'ventive

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

circumvent

1534, "to surround by hostile stratagem," from L. circumventus, pp. of circumvenire "to get around," from circum "around" + venire "to come" (see venue). Meaning "to go round" is from 1840.

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"Paul de Bursac: You don't think much of me, Captain Morgan. You're wondering why they have chosen me for this mission. I wonder too. As you know, I am not a brave man. On the contrary, I'm always frightened. I wish I could borrow your nature for awhile, Captain. When you meet danger, you never think of anything except how you will circumvent it. The word failure does not even exist for you. While I, I think always, suppose I fail and that I am frightened.
Harry Morgan: Yeah, I can easily see how it wouldn't take much courage to get a notorious patriot off Devils' Island. But uh, but just for professional reasons, I'd like to know how you're going to do it.
Paul de Bursac: We will find a way. It might fail, and if it does and I'm, I'm still alive, I will try to pass on my information, my mission, to someone else, perhaps to a better man who does not fail. Because there is always someone else. That is the mistake the Germans always make with people they try to destroy. There will be always someone else."

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