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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Circumvent

/sẽrkˌ-əm-vĕnt'/ · Cir·cum·vent · IPA /səːkəmˈvɛnt/
01 v. t. To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
imp. & p. p. Circumvented; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumventing
  1. 1.
    To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
    “I circumvented whom I could not gain.” Dryden.