Circumvent
[sɜːkəm'vent] or [,sɝkəm'vɛnt]
Definition
(v. t.) To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Deceive, cheat, defraud, trick, cozen, overreach, delude, hoodwink, dupe, gull, bamboozle, chouse, outwit, diddle, beguile, mislead, inveigle, impose upon.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ensnare, entrap, outwit, diplomatize
ANT:Force, subjugate, reduce, compel, circumvention,[See CIRCUMVENT]
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Definition
v.t. to come round or outwit a person: to deceive or cheat.—n. Circumven′tion.—adj. Circumvent′ive deceiving by artifices.
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Examples
- If a man of my cunning cannot circumvent this dull-headed— Cautious. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Who was to circumvent THIS man? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As we turned into the shrubbery path, I attempted to circumvent him in another way. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But behold how iniquity can circumvent the law! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Britain circumvented the designs of France in America and acquired Canada, and got the better of France in India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I rather relish the notion of circumventing my mother and that ogress old Horsfall. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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