— circumventer, circumventor , n. — circumvention , n. — circumventive , adj.
/serr'keuhm vent", serr"keuhm vent'/ , 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.
[ 1545-55; circumventus (ptp. of circumvenire to come around, surround, oppress, defraud), equiv. to circum- CIRCUM- + ven ( ire ) to come + -tus ptp. suffix ]
Syn. 2. escape, elude, evade, outwit. 3. encircle; ensnare.