maneuver

maneuver is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.
  2. 2.To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.
  3. 3.To manage with address or art; to scheme.
  4. 4.To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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