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ruse


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ruse  \Ruse\,  n.  [F.,  fr  OF  re["u]ser,  rehuser,  to  turn  aside, 
  to  shuffle,  retreat,  fr  L.  recusare  to  refuse;  pref.  re- 
  again  +  causa  cause  See  {Cause},  and  cf  {Recusant}.] 
  An  artifice;  trick;  stratagem;  wile;  fraud;  deceit. 
 
  {Ruse  de  guerre}[F.],  a  stratagem  of  war. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ruse 
  n  :  a  deceptive  maneuver  (especially  to  avoid  capture)  [syn:  {artifice}] 




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