n. [ F. stratagème (cf. Sp. estratagema, It. stratagemma), L. strategema, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to be leader of an army, fr. &unr_; a general; &unr_; an army (probably as being spread out; cf. Stratum) + &unr_; to lead. See Agent. ] An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; army + &unr_; number + -metry. ] (Mil.) The art of drawing up an army, or any given number of men, in any geometrical figure, or of estimating or expressing the number of men in such a figure. [ 1913 Webster ]
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