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stratagemical, a. ? Obs.|strætəˈdʒɛmɪkəl| [irreg. f. stratagem + -ic + -al1.] Belonging to, concerned with, of the nature of, stratagem.
1585Daniel P. Jovius' Disc. Imprese etc. H iij, A Calthrope, a Stratagemical instrument vsed in warre. 1599R. Linche Anc. Fiction V iiij, The house of Mars..is built in an obscure corner of Thracia, where the people wholly giue and addict themselues to warres and stratagemicall policies. 1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 331 Their [the Jesuits'] paradoxall, pragmaticall, and stratagemicall doctrine. 1688? Swift Tripos in J. Barrett Ess. Life Swift (1808) 76 His wife, who, to gain entirely his affections, sent him this stratagemical epistle. 1838B. Corney Controv. 12 In every species of controversy, there is scope for the exercise of stratagemical ingenuity. Hence strataˈgemically adv.
1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 104 Which to performe stratagemically, they commended his said Vncle exceedingly. 1838B. Corney Controv. 12 A fact or argument of an inconveniently formidable nature, may be met stratagemically. |