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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. reüser, 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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