| slovo | definícia |
circumvent
(mass) | circumvent
- obchádzať, obísť, oklamať |
circumvent
(encz) | circumvent,obejít v: Zdeněk Brož |
circumvent
(encz) | circumvent,obelstít Zdeněk Brož |
circumvent
(encz) | circumvent,obcházet v: Zdeněk Brož |
Circumvent
(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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circumvent
(wn) | circumvent
v 1: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in,
circumvent]
2: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She
outfoxed her competitors" [syn: outwit, overreach,
outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent]
3: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
(duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she
skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their
responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry,
elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
circumventable
(encz) | circumventable,schopný být přelstěn Zdeněk Brož |
circumvented
(encz) | circumvented,obcházel v: Zdeněk Brož |
circumventing
(encz) | circumventing,obcházení n: Zdeněk Brož |
circumvention
(encz) | circumvention,obcházení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Circumvent
(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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Circumvented
(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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Circumventing
(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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Circumvention
(gcide) | Circumvention \Cir`cum*ven"tion\, n. [L. circumventio.]
The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or
fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
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A school in which he learns sly circumvention.
--Cowper.
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Circumventive
(gcide) | Circumventive \Cir`cum*vent"ive\, a.
Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.
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Circumventor
(gcide) | Circumventor \Cir`cum*vent"or\, n. [L.]
One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by cunning.
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circumvention
(wn) | circumvention
n 1: the act of evading by going around |
CIRCUMVENTION
(bouvier) | CIRCUMVENTION, torts, Scotch law. Any act of fraud whereby a person is
reduced to a deed by decree. Tech. Dict. It has the same sense in the civil
law. Dig. 50, 17, 49 et 155; Id. 12, 6, 6, 2; Id. 41, 2, 34. Vide
Parphrasis.
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