cir·cum·vent 
(sûr′kəm-vĕnt)
(sûr′kəm-vĕnt)tr.v. cir·cum·vent·ed, cir·cum·vent·ing, cir·cum·vents
1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.
2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city.
3. To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: circumvented the bureaucratic red tape.
[Middle English circumventen, from Latin circumvenīre, circumvent- : circum-, circum- + venīre, to go, come; see gwā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
cir′cum·venter, cir′cum·ventor n.
cir′cum·vention n.
cir′cum·ventive adj.
- Indo-European root: pū̆-
- Indo-European root: pəter-
- Indo-European root: re-
- Indo-European root: reg-
- Indo-European root: rei-
- Indo-European root: reidh-
- Indo-European root: reig-
- Indo-European root: rep-
- Indo-European root: ret-
- Indo-European root: reudh-
- Indo-European root: reug-
- Indo-European root: reup-
- Indo-European root: reuə-
- Indo-European root: rē-
- Indo-European root: rēd-
- Indo-European root: r̥tko-
- Indo-European root: sak-
- Indo-European root: sal-
- Indo-European root: sed-
- Indo-European root: segh-
- Indo-European root: sek-
- Indo-European root: sekw-
- Indo-European root: sekw-
- Indo-European root: sekw-
- Indo-European root: sel-