RUSE

ruse, artifice

(noun) a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ruse (countable and uncountable, plural ruses)

(countable, often, hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.

(countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.

Synonym: strategem

(uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.

Verb

ruse (third-person singular simple present ruses, present participle rusing, simple past and past participle rused)

(intransitive) To deceive or trick using a ruse.

(intransitive, hunting, archaic, rare) Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.

Anagrams

• ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, US'er, rues, suer, sure, ures, user

Proper noun

Ruse

A city in northeastern Bulgaria

Anagrams

• ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, US'er, rues, suer, sure, ures, user

Source: Wiktionary


Ruse, n. Etym: [F., fr. OF. reĂĽser, rehuser, to turn aside, to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re- again + causa cause. See Cause, and cf. Recusant.]

Definition: An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraund; deceit. Ruse de guerre ( Etym: [F.], a stratagem of war.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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