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2 definitions found 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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