Circumventing

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

  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.


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           I circumvented whom I could not gain.    --Dryden.
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