circumvent
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
circumvent /səːkəmˈvɛnt/
▶verb
- 1 find a way around (an obstacle or problem).
- 2 archaic outwit.
– derivatives
circumvention noun.
circumvention noun.
– origin ME: from L. cirumvent- ‘skirted around’, from circumvenire, from circum ‘around’ + venire ‘come’.
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