circumvent

The definition of circumvent means to get around or surround someone or something.

(verb)

Finding a clever way to get around a large crowd is an example of circumvent.
Seagulls circling around a couple picnicing on the beach is an example of to circumvent.

See circumvent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Origin: < L circumventus, pp. of circumvenire < circum, around + venire, come

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See circumvent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb cir·cum·vent·ed, cir·cum·vent·ing, cir·cum·vents

To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.
To go around; bypass: circumvented the city.
To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: She planned a way to circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English circumventen

Origin: , from Latin circumvenīre, circumvent-

Origin: : circum-, circum-

Origin: + venīre, to go, come; see g^wā- in Indo-European roots

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