circumvert

To rotate; to cause to turn around.

Let not the Devil circumvert us by his Frauds and Deceits;

Then he employ'd all his witt to circumvert her in discource, to have gotten something out of her concerning some persons they aym'd at, which if he, I believe would have bene beneficiall to him;

Misspelling of circumvent.

There is no question but these young Machiavels will in a little time turn their college upside down with plots and stratagems, and lay as many schemes to circumvert one another in a frog or a salad, as they may hereafter put in practice to overreach a neighbouring prince or state.

[…] and we cannot wonder at it, when we remember that the object of tyrannical governments, in order to stretch taxation to excess, and circumvert the mouth of labour, is to plunge nations into all the horrors of war, shackle the press, exhibit a great shew of grandeur and pomp, encourage such songs and toasts as are likely to enslave the mind, and suffocate reflection.