Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CIR-CUM-VENT', v.t. [L. circumvenio; circum, and venio, to come.]

Literally, to come round; hence, To gain advantage over another, or to accomplish a purpose by arts, stratagem, or deception; to deceive; to prevail over another by wiles or fraud; to delude; to impose on. – Milton. Dryden.