different between deed vs ruse

English

Etymology

From Middle English dede, from Old English d?d, d?d (“deed, act”), from Proto-West Germanic *d?di, from Proto-Germanic *d?diz (“deed”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?éh?tis (“deed, action”). Analyzable through Proto-Germanic as do +? -th. Doublet of thesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Noun

deed (plural deeds)

1. An action or act; something that is done.

   • And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?

2. A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
   • whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn

3. Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.

   I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed.

4. (law) A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before witnesses.

   I inherited the deed to the house.

Synonyms

• (action): act, action; see also Thesaurus:action
• (law): document, certificate, instrument

Derived terms

• deedful
• deedholder
• deedless
• deedly
• deed of assumption
• deed poll
• indeed
• misdeed

Translations

Verb

deed (third-person singular simple present deeds, present participle deeding, simple past and past participle deeded)

1. (informal) To transfer real property by deed.

   He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.

Derived terms

• undeeded

Translations

Anagrams

• dede

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?t/

Verb

deed

1. singular past indicative of doen

Anagrams

• dede

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ded

Etymology

From Old English d?ad.

Adjective

deed

1. dead (no longer alive)
2. inert, inactive.

Related terms

• dedly

Descendants

• English: dead
• Scots: dede, deid, deed
• Yola: deed

References

• “d?d, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Scots

Verb

deed

1. past participle of dee
2. (South Scots) past participle of dei

Adverb

deed

1. indeed

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English deed.

Adjective

deed

1. dead

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

From Middle English r?se (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; circuitous course taken by a hunter to pursue a game animal”), from Old French rëuse, ruse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; trickery”) (modern French ruse (“trick, ruse; cunning, guile”)), from ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”), possibly from Latin rursus (“backward; on the contrary; again, in return”) or Latin rec?s?re, from rec?s? (“to decline, refuse; to object to, protest, reject”).

The verb is derived from the noun. Compare Middle French ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”); see further above.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ro?oz, IPA^(key): /?u?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?uz/
• Rhymes: -u?z
• Homophones: roos, rues

Noun

ruse (countable and uncountable, plural ruses)

1. (countable, often hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
2. (countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.

   Synonym: stratagem
3. (uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.

Related terms

• ruse de guerre
• recuse

Translations

Verb

ruse (third-person singular simple present ruses, present participle rusing, simple past and past participle rused)

1. (intransitive) To deceive or trick using a ruse.
2. (intransitive, hunting, archaic, rare) Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, US'er, rues, suer, sure, ures, user

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish ruse, from the same root as German Reuse (“fish-trap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ru?s?/, [??o?s?]

Noun

ruse c (singular definite rusen, plural indefinite ruser)

1. fish-trap

Inflection

Esperanto

Etymology

rusa (“Russian”) +? -e (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru.se/

Adverb

ruse

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

Related terms

• rusa (“Russian”)
• Rusio (“Russia”)
• ruso (“a Russian person”)

French

Etymology

From ruser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?yz/

Noun

ruse f (plural ruses)

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

Further reading

• “ruse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rues, suer, sure, sûre, user

Middle English

Verb

ruse

1. (Northern) Alternative form of rosen (“to boast”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??s?/

Etymology 1

Possibly from a Celtic word, from Gaulish rusca, from Proto-Celtic *r?skos (“bark”), possibly from earlier *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?rewk- (“to dig, till (soil)”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (“to move, stir, rise, quarrel”) or *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out, open, acquire”).

Cognate with Danish ruse (“fish trap”), Swedish ryssja (“fish trap”) and German Reuse (“fish trap”).

Noun

ruse f or m (definite singular rusa or rusen, indefinite plural ruser, definite plural rusene)

1. fish trap

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ruse (imperative rus, present tense ruser, passive ruses, simple past rusa or ruset or ruste, past participle rusa or ruset or rust, present participle rusende)

1. to rev an engine
2. to rush

Etymology 3

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Verb

ruse (imperative rus, present tense ruser, passive ruses, simple past and past participle rusa or ruset, present participle rusende)

1. (reflexive) To use illegal drugs
2. to intoxicate

References

• “ruse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ruse

1. Alternative form of rusa

Old French

Etymology

Probably based on Latin rursus (“backwards”)

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

Descendants

• ? English: ruse
• French: ruse

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru.s?/

Adjective

ruse

1. inflection of rusy:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ruse/

Adjective

ruse f pl or n pl

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