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Dictionary: dictd_www.dict.org_gcide
Definition: Artifice

Artifice \Ar"ti*fice\, n. [L. artificium, fr. artifex artificer;
ars, artis, art + facere to make: cf. F. artifice.]
1. A handicraft; a trade; art of making. [Obs.]
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2. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
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The material universe . . . in the artifice of God,
the artifice of the best Mechanist. --Cudworth.
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3. Artful or skillful contrivance.
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His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much
artifice. --Craik.
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4. Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick.

Note: [Now the usual meaning.]
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Those who were conscious of guilt employed
numerous artifices for the purpose of averting
inquiry. --Macaulay.
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Dictionary: quick_english-indonesian
Definition: artifice

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Dictionary: WordNet
Definition: artifice

artifice
n : a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) [syn: ruse]