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Webster 1913 Edition

Circumvent

Cirˊcum-vent′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Circumvented
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Circumventing
.]
[L.
circumventis
, p. p. of
circumvenire
, to come around, encompass, deceive;
circum
+
venire
to come, akin to E.
come.
]
To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
I
circumvented
whom I could not gain.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Circumvent

CIRCUMVENT

,
Verb.
T.
Literally, to come round; hence,
To gain advantage over another, or to accomplish a purpose, by arts, stratagem, or deception; to deceive; to prevail over another by wiles or fraud; to delude; to impose on.

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