Definitions
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin circumveniō.
Used in a sentence
“The line turns a sharp right-angle to the north to circumvent the town, and then plunges straight into the 1 in 50, which lasts for nearly 20 miles with few intermissions, and some pitches of 1 in 40.”
“We are mortified by not being thought worthy of trust; and there is also a feeling of small triumph in circumventing those who doubt either our inclination or our power of service.”
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