[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

circumvent \cir`cumvent"\, 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.
   1913 webster

         i circumvented whom i could not gain.    --dryden.
   1913 webster
see also:
circumvented circumventing 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

circumvent
     v 1: surround so as to force to give up; "the turks besieged
          vienna" syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem
          in
     2: beat through cleverness and wit; "i beat the traffic"; "she
        outfoxed her competitors" syn: outwit, overreach, outsmart,
         outfox, beat
     3: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
        duties, questions, or issues; "he dodged the issue";
        "she skirted the problem"; "they tend to evade their
        responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
        syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, parry, elude,
         skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
see also:
besiege beleaguer surround hem in outwit overreach 
outsmart outfox beat hedge fudge 
evade put off parry elude skirt 
dodge duck sidestep 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

137 moby thesaurus words for "circumvent":
   avoid, baffle, balk, bamboozle, beat, befool, beg, beguile, betray,
   bilk, blast, bluff, brave, burke, bypass, cajole, challenge,
   cheat on, checkmate, circle, circuit, circuiteer, circulate,
   circumambulate, circummigrate, circumnavigate, close the circle,
   come full circle, compass, confound, confront, conjure, contravene,
   counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, cycle, dash,
   deceive, defeat, defy, delude, describe a circle, destroy, detour,
   diddle, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dish,
   disrupt, ditch, double, double-cross, dupe, elude, encircle,
   encompass, escape, evade, flank, flummox, foil, forestall,
   frustrate, gammon, get around, get away from, get out of,
   get round, girdle, girdle the globe, give the runaround,
   give the slip, go about, go around, go one better, go round,
   go the round, gull, gyre, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle,
   humbug, juggle, knock the chocks, lap, let down, make a circuit,
   mock, nonplus, orbit, outfigure, outflank, outgeneral, outguess,
   outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach,
   pass the buck, perplex, pigeon, play one false, put something over,
   revolve, round, ruin, sabotage, scotch, shake, shake off,
   shuffle out of, sidestep, skirt, snow, spike, spiral, spoil,
   stonewall, string along, stump, surround, take in, thwart, trick,
   two-time, upset, victimize, wheel

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