circumvent

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to beat through cleverness and wit

   I circumvented the regulations.

2. 2
   verb

   to avoid or get around something; to bypass

   The line turns a sharp right-angle to the north to circumvent the town, and then plunges straight into the 1 in 50, which lasts for nearly 20 miles with few intermissions, and some pitches of 1 in 40.

3. 3
   verb

   to outwit or outsmart

   We are mortified by not being thought worthy of trust; and there is also a feeling of small triumph in circumventing those who doubt either our inclination or our power of service.

Learned borrowing from Latin circumveniō.

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