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Cir`cum*vent" (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Circumvented; p.
pr. vb. n. Circumventing.] [L.
circumventis, p. p. of circumvenire, to come
around, encompass, deceive; circum + venire to
come, akin to E. come.] To gain advantage over by
arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get
around.

I circumvented whom I could not gain.

Dryden.

Cir`cum*ven"tion (?), n. [L.
circumventio.] The act of prevailing over another by
arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture;
delusion.

A school in which he learns sly
circumvention.

Cowper.

Cir`cum*vent"ive (?), a.
Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices;
deluding.

Cir`cum*vent"or (?), n. [L.]
One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by
cunning.

Cir`cum*vest" (?), v. t. [L.
circumvestire; circum + vestire to clothe.


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