Thesaurus: circumvent

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1. v. t. To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
2. v. surround so as to force to give up
3. v. beat through cleverness and wit
4. v. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
5. To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around. I circumvented whom I could not gain. Dryden.
6. To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; todecieve; to delude; to get around.I circumvented whom I could not gain. Dryden.
7. v:100 v surround so as to force to give up v beat through cleverness and wit v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)