circumvent: Meaning and Definition of

cir•cum•vent

Pronunciation: (sûr"kum-vent', sûr'kum-vent"), [key]
— v.t.
  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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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