kəmˈvɛnt, ˈsɜr verb (used with object)
1.
to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
2.
to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements.
3.
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
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.
2. escape, elude, evade, outwit. 3. encircle; ensnare.
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circumvent (ˌsɜːkəmˈvɛnt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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'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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