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Webster 1913 Edition

Ruse

Ruse

,
Noun.
[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
.]
An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
‖
Ruse de guerre
[F.]
,
a stratagem of war.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ruse

RUSE

,
Noun.
Artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit. [Not English.]

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