Meaning of STRATAGEM
| Pronunciation: | | 'stratujum
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- [n] a maneuver in a game or conversation
- [n] an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
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| | Synonyms: | | contrivance, dodge, gambit, ploy |
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| | See Also: | | maneuver, manoeuvre, plant, scheme, strategy, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, wangle, wangling | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Strat"a*gem\, n. [F. stratag[`e]me (cf. Sp.
estratagema, It. stratagemma), L. strategema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to
be leader of an army, fr. ? a general; ? an army (probably as
being spread out; cf. {Stratum}) + ? to lead. See {Agent}.]
An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence,
in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil
machination.
Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.
Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it
Homer nods, but we that dream. --Pope.
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