English Dictionary: ruse | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruse \Ruse\, n. [F., fr. OF. re[81]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. {[d8]Ruse de guerre}[F.], a stratagem of war. |