Both Uses of
stratagem
in
Henry IV, Part 2
- What news, Lord Bardolph? every minute now Should be the father of some stratagem: The times are wild; contention, like a horse Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose And bears down all before him.†
Scene 1.1
- By the mass, here will be old Utis: it will be an excellent stratagem.†
Scene 2.4 *
Definition:
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(stratagem) a planned way of achieving an end -- especially in dealing with others and often involving deceit or some kind of trick