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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
artifice
n : a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) [syn: {ruse}]
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