circumvent

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  1. transitive verb To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.
  2. transitive verb To go around; bypass: circumvented the city.
  3. transitive verb To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: She planned a way to circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape.

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  • People who circumvent are doing so to make copies.
  • Such people have to be governed by iron laws, which they try to break or circumvent, and society crumbles. —  1. Tai Chi and Philosophy
  • But because someone might find a way to circumvent or nullify my talent if its nature were generally known, my talent conceals itself. —  Zombie Lover
  • No SS officer would have dared to act against, or to circumvent, the intentions of the Reichsführer SS. —  Commandant of Auschwitz
  • Here†™ s what it said: “Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus-writing process more difficult. †—  Blog updates
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circumvent:   circumventing ·  circumvents
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Etymologies (2)

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

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  1. from Latin circumventus, past participle of circumvenire (later F. circonvenir = Spanish circunvenir (obsolete) = Italian circonvenire), come around, encompass, beset, deceive, cheat, from circum, around, + venire = English come.
 

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/sərkəmˈvɛnt/
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