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Artifice Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Artifice? [n] a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Artifice: ruse Related Terms \| Find terms related to Artifice: action \| acuteness \| ad hoc measure \| adeptness \| adroitness \| affectation \| affectedness \| ambidexterity \| answer \| art \| artful dodge \| artfulness \| artificiality \| astuteness \| bad faith \| bag of tricks \| blind \| bluff \| bosey \| cabal \| cageyness \| callidity \| canniness \| catch \| chicane \| chicanery \| chouse \| cleverness \| collusion \| complicity \| complot \| confederacy \| connivance \| connivery \| conspiracy \| contrivance \| contriving \| countermove \| counterplot \| coup \| course of action \| covin \| craft \| craftiness \| cunning \| cunningness \| curve \| curve-ball \| cute trick \| deceit \| deceitfulness \| deception \| deep-laid plot \| demarche \| design \| device \| dirty deal \| dirty trick \| dishonesty \| dissimulation \| dodge \| dodgery \| double-dealing \| doubleness \| doubleness of heart \| duplicity \| effort \| engineering \| euphemism \| euphuism \| expedient \| faithlessness \| fakement \| falseheartedness \| falseness \| fast deal \| feint \| fetch \| ficelle \| finagling \| fine Italian hand \| finesse \| foul play \| foxiness \| frame-up \| gambit \| game \| gamesmanship \| gimmick \| Gongorism \| googly \| grift \| guile \| hocus-pocus \| hyperelegance \| improbity \| improvisation \| ingeniousness \| ingenuity \| insidiousness \| intrigue \| inventiveness \| Italian hand \| joker \| juggle \| jugglery \| jury-rig \| jury-rigged expedient \| keenness \| knavery \| last expedient \| last resort \| last shift \| little game \| low cunning \| Machiavellianism \| machination \| makeshift \| maneuver \| maneuvering \| manipulation \| manneredness \| mannerism \| means \| measure \| move \| one-upmanship \| originality \| overelaboration \| overelegance \| overniceness \| overrefinement \| pass \| pettifoggery \| pettifogging \| pis aller \| plot \| plotting \| ploy \| preciosity \| preciousness \| pretentiousness \| proficiency \| purism \| quickness \| racket \| rascality \| readiness \| red herring \| resort \| resource \| resourcefulness \| rigging \| ruse \| satanic cunning \| scheme \| schemery \| scheming \| scurvy trick \| shake-up \| sharp practice \| sharpness \| shift \| shiftiness \| shrewdness \| skill \| skulduggery \| sleight \| sleight of hand \| sleight-of-hand trick \| slipperiness \| slyness \| sneakiness \| solution \| sophistry \| stealth \| stealthiness \| step \| stopgap \| stratagem \| strategy \| stroke \| stroke of policy \| subterfuge \| subtilty \| subtleness \| subtlety \| supercherie \| suppleness \| tactic \| temporary expedient \| treachery \| trick \| trickery \| trickiness \| trump \| two-facedness \| underhand dealing \| underhandedness \| underplot \| unnaturalness \| wariness \| web of intrigue \| wile \| wiles \| wiliness \| wily device \| wire-pulling \| wit \| working hypothesis \| working proposition See Also \| maneuver \| manoeuvre \| tactical maneuver \| tactical manoeuvre Artifice In Webster's Dictionary \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.] 2. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work. The material universe.. in the artifice of God, the artifice of the best Mechanist. --Cudworth. 3. Artful or skillful contrivance. His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much artifice. --Craik. 4. Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. Note: [Now the usual meaning.] Those who were conscious of guilt employed numerous artifices for the purpose of averting inquiry. --Macaulay.

Artifice Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Artifice?

[n] a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Artifice: ruse

See Also | maneuver | manoeuvre | tactical maneuver | tactical manoeuvre

Artifice In Webster's Dictionary

\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.]

2. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.

         The material universe.. in the artifice of God, the
         artifice of the best Mechanist.       --Cudworth.

3. Artful or skillful contrivance.

         His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much
         artifice.                             --Craik.

4. Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick.

Note: [Now the usual meaning.]

            Those who were conscious of guilt employed
            numerous artifices for the purpose of averting
            inquiry.                           --Macaulay.

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