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Feb 12, 2012
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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.

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