Stratagem definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STRATAGEM, n. [L., Gr., to lead an army.] 1. An artifice ... a maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: ploy, gambit, stratagem] 2: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or ... a contrivance to throw us off the track" [syn: contrivance, stratagem, dodge] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Italian stratagemma, from Latin ... strategos) f. stratos army + ago lead Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stratagem Strat"a*gem, n. [F. stratag[`e]me (cf. Sp ... we that dream. --Pope. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (stratagems) A stratagem is a plan that is intended to achieve a ...
... a plan of; to delineate. PLOT, n. 1. Any scheme, stratagem or plan of a complicated nature, or consisting of many ... Dictionary Plot Plot, n. [Abbrev. from complot.] 1. Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to ... in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy. [Obs.] And when Christ saith, Who marries the ... probable consequence of all that went before. --Pope. Syn: Intrigue; stratagem; conspiracy; cabal; combination; contrivance. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Plot Plot ... just. --Ps. xxxvii. 12. 2. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme. The prince did plot to be secretly gone ... draught, sketch, outline. 3. Scheme (especially for a bad purpose), stratagem, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, machination, plan, project, combination. 4. Story, ...
... aside, or a folding, interweaving, implication.] 1. An artifice or stratagem for the purpose of deception; a fraudful contrivance for an ... child or woman < a cute little trick > Synonyms: trick, ruse, stratagem, maneuver, artifice, wile, feint mean an indirect means to gain ... to mislead by a false impression < the ruses of smugglers >. stratagem implies a ruse used to entrap, outwit, circumvent, or surprise an opponent or enemy < the stratagem-filled game >. maneuver suggests adroit and skillful avoidance of difficulty ... Cf. Track, Trachery, Trig, a., Trigger.] 1. An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. 1. Artifice, stratagem, wile, cheat, dodge, doubling, fraud, chicane, blind, feint, manaeuvre, ...
... of a ship, or of booty, by force, surprise or stratagem. 2. The thing taken; a prize; prey taken by force, surprise or stratagem. 3. Seizure; arrest as the capture of a criminal or ... v.t. To take or seize by force, surprise or stratagem, as an enemy or his property; to take by force ... an act of catching, winning, or gaining control by force, stratagem, or guile b. a move in a board game (as ... To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort. Her heart ... force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or ...
... Not used in the U. States.] 3. An ambush; a stratagem; any device by which men or other animals may be ... trap foxes or beaver. 1. To ensnare; to take by stratagem. I trapp'd the foe. 2. To adorn; to dress ... to trap foxes. 2. Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. ``I trapped the foe.'' --Dryden. 3. To provide ... a trap. --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares. Let ... I. n. 1. Snare, gin, pitfall, springe, toil. 2. Ambush, stratagem, artifice, pitfall, trapan, toil, wile. 3. Trap-ball. 4. Trap ... 1. Ensnare, entrap, springe, noose. 2. Trapan, ensnare, take by stratagem. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue To understand trap; ...
... 1828 Dictionary TRAPAN', v.t. To ensnare; to catch by stratagem. TRAPAN', n. A snare; a stratagem. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Trapan Tra*pan", n. [OF. trappan ... See Trap, and cf. Trepan a snare.] A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan. --South. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... p. pr. & vb. n. Trapanning.] To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan. Having some of his people trapanned ... a. Ensnare, trap, entrap, trepan. II. n. 1. Snare, trap, stratagem. 2. Stratagem. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue To inveigle, or ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary WILE, n. A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice. That ... l deceit, artifice Date: 12th century 1. a trick or stratagem intended to ensnare or deceive; also a beguiling or playful ... Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. --n. (usu. in pl.) a stratagem; a trick or cunning procedure. --v.tr. (foll. by away ... v?l, v[ae]l. Cf. Guile.] A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a ... pleasantly. --Tennyson. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Trick, stratagem, cheat, fraud, chicane, chicanery, artifice, chouse, imposture, deceit, imposition, deception ... of-hand trick, slipperiness, slyness, sneakiness, sophistry, spend, stealth, stealthiness, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, suppleness, tactic, take, treachery, ...
Ruse definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary RUSE, n. Artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit. [Not English.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... system. (JP 3-13.4) Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a stratagem or trick. Etymology: ME f. OF f. ruser drive back ... causa cause. See Cause, and cf. Recusant.] An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit. Ruse de guerre[F.], a stratagem of war. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (ruses) A ruse is ... N-COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. [ Fr. ] Stratagem, trick, artifice, wile, manoeuvre, fraud, deceit, deception, imposture, chouse, sham ... trick, shift, sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, tactic, trick, trickery, wile, wily device
... which is formed by design, or invented; scheme; artificial contrivance; stratagem; project; sometimes in a good sense; more generally in a ... a. (1) plan, procedure, technique (2) a scheme to deceive ; stratagem, trick b. something fanciful, elaborate, or intricate in design c ... a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. His device in against Babylon, to destroy it ... Obs.] --Rom. of R. Syn: Contrivance; invention; design; scheme; project; stratagem; shift. Usage: -- Device, Contrivance. Device implies more of inventive power ... scheme, design, plan, project, expedient, shift, resort, resource. 2. Artifice, stratagem, wile, ruse, manoeuvre, trick, fraud, evasion. 3. Design, fanciful conception ... starter, step, step-down transformer, stereo, stock, stooge, stopgap, story, stratagem, strategic plan, strategy, stroke, stroke of policy, structure, subject, ...
... which the right or interest of another is injured; a stratagem intended to obtain some undue advantage; an attempt to gain ... which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick. If success a lover's toil attends, Few ... Wharton. Syn: Deception; deceit; guile; craft; wile; sham; strife; circumvention; stratagem; trick; imposition; cheat. See Deception. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (frauds ... Deceit, deception, duplicity, imposition, imposture, guile, trick, cheat, chouse, artifice, stratagem, wile, humbug, hoax. Moby Thesaurus abstraction, acting, actor, affectation, affecter ... show, simulacrum, simulation, snatching, sneak thievery, snitching, speciousness, stealage, stealing, stratagem, straw man, subterfuge, swindle, swindler, swindling, swiping, theft, thievery, thieving ...
... strategy 2. a. a careful plan or method ; a clever stratagem b. the art of devising or employing plans or stratagems ... Etymology: F stratégie f. Gk strategia generalship f. strategos: see STRATAGEM Webster's 1913 Dictionary Strategy Strat"e*gy, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. strat['e]gie. See Stratagem.] 1. The science of military command, or the science of ... and directing great military movements; generalship. 2. The use of stratagem or artifice. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (strategies) Frequency: The word ... schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, setup, shift, shock tactics, sleight, stratagem, strategic plan, subterfuge, system, systematization, tactic, tactical plan, tactics, the ...
... move or turn; as, to fetch about. FETCH, n. A stratagem, by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or ... veer • fetcher noun II. noun Date: circa 1530 1. trick, stratagem 2. an act or instance of fetching 3. a. the ... suddenly. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Fetch Fetch, n. 1. A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or ... at, come to, get to. II. n. Trick, artifice, ruse, stratagem, dodge, sharp practice. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue A ... smack, smite, snap, soak, sock, span, stand for, steer toward, stratagem, strategy, stream, stretch, strike, strike at, subterfuge, succeed, summon, swat ...
... in the management of their private or social concerns. 4. Stratagem; cunning; dexterity of management. 5. A ticket or warrant for ... equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem. 5. Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and ... 29,31 (methodos, strategema, strategeo), where the Revised Version has "stratagem." Policies occurs in Judith 11:8 the King James Version ... action. 2. Cunning, art, address, skill, prudence, shrewdness, worldly wisdom, stratagem, discretion. 3. Wisdom, wit, acumen, shrewdness, astuteness. Moby Thesaurus accident ...
... suspected of double-dealing >. subterfuge suggests the adoption of a stratagem or the telling of a lie in order to escape ... his annoyance or injury; a fraud implies the use of stratagem, with a view to some unlawful gain or advantage. Collin ... n. 1. Imposture, imposition. See deceit. 2. Cheat, ruse, wile, stratagem, chouse. See trick. Moby Thesaurus acting, affectation, airy nothing, appearance ... show, simulacrum, simulation, snow job, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, spoof, spuriousness, stratagem, subterfuge, tergiversation, treachery, trick, trickery, trip, uncommunicativeness, vapor, varnish, wile ...
... English to their side. 3. To draw by artifice or stratagem. O train me not, sweet mermaid,with thy note. 4 ... by great hardships, trained up for glory. TRAIN, n. Artifice; stratagem of enticement. Now to my charms, And to my wily ... draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure. [Obs.] If but a dozen French ... 7. Line of gunpowder. 8. Persuasion, artifice, enticement, allurement, device, stratagem. 9. Trap, lure. 10. Tail of a bird. II. v ...