- (circumvent) besiege: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
- (circumvent) outwit: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
- (circumvent) hedge: 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"
- (circumvent) to avoid or get around something; to bypass; to surround or besiege; to outwit or outsmart
- (Circumvent) (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts.
- (CIRCUMVENT) To avoid, bypass or get around by artful maneuvering. For example, after disclosing an invention, a person or company knowledgeable in the law (or one that chooses to ignore the law) moves forward with the invention without the inventor.
- (circumvent) [ sur-kuhm-VENT, SUR-kuhm-vent ]