Cir'cum-vent', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CIRCUMVENTED; p. pr. & vb. n. CIRCUMVENTING.] [Lat. circumvenire, from circum, around, and venire, to come.] To gain advantage over, by arts, stratagem, or deception; to deceive; to delude.

I circumvented whom I could not gain. Dryden.