Found 2 items, similar to Circumventing.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: circumvent 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Circumventing Circumvent \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. [1913 Webster] I circumvented whom I could not gain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]