| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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circumvent
1) to get the better of by trickery; 2) to go around; 3) to encircle, surround
There will always be clever, selfish people who try, by hook or by crook, to circumvent the law.
Related English words: circumvention (the act of circumventing), circumventive (characterized by or inclined to circumvention), circumventor
Related Latin words: circumvenio, circumvenire, circumveni, circumventus - to surround, encircle; to cheat; venio, venire, veni, ventus - to come
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