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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.]

Definition 2024


Ruse

Ruse

See also: ruse and rusé

English

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Proper noun

Ruse

  1. a city in northeastern Bulgaria

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ruse

ruse

See also: Ruse and rusé

English

Noun

ruse (plural ruses)

  1. A trick (action intended to deceive).
  2. Guile.

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Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruːsə/, [ˈʁoːsə]

Noun

ruse c (singular definite rusen, plural indefinite ruser)

  1. fish-trap

Inflection


Esperanto

Etymology

rusa (Russian) + -e (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.se/

Adverb

ruse

  1. in the Russian language
  2. in the manner of a Russian person

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French

Etymology

From ruser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁyz/

Noun

ruse f (plural ruses)

  1. (uncountable) cunning, guile
  2. ruse, trick

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Norwegian

Verb

ruse (present tense ruser; past tense ruste; past participle rust)

  1. To rev an engine
  2. (reflexive) To use illegal drugs

Old French

Noun

ruse f (oblique plural ruses, nominative singular ruse, nominative plural ruses)

  1. evasive movements of a pursued animal
  2. (by extension) trickery
  3. (by extension) dream; daydream; fantasy
  4. (by extension) lie; untruth

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Romanian

Pronunciation

Adjective

ruse f pl, n pl

  1. feminine plural of rus
  2. neuter plural of rus