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Webster 1913 Edition


Circumventive

Cirˊcum-vent′ive

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Adj.
Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.

Webster 1828 Edition


Circumventive

CIRCUMVENTIVE

,
Adj.
Deceiving by artifices; deluding.

Definition 2024


circumventive

circumventive

English

Adjective

circumventive (comparative more circumventive, superlative most circumventive)

  1. evading or overcoming some protective measure.
    A circumventive unauthorised user was accessing secure information.