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[ noun ] a maneuver in a game or conversation
Used in print (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)Something indirect , mixed , reconciling , tensional might well be the stratagem , the devious technique by which a poet indulged in all kinds of talk about love and anger and even in something like '' expressions `` of these emotions , without aiming at their incitement or even uttering anything that essentially involves their incitement '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
Synonyms Examples "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" Related terms |
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