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artifice (noun)

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  • artifice — ► NOUN ▪ the use of cunning plans or devices in order to trick or deceive. ORIGIN Latin artificium, from ars art + facere make …   English terms dictionary

  • artifice — ar·ti·fice / är tə fəs/ n: a clever strategy usu. intended to deceive or defraud Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. artifice …   Law dictionary

  • artifice — noun formal 1 (U) the use of clever tricks: Her charm was all artifice. 2 (C) a clever trick, especially one used to deceive someone artificial, adjective (usually before noun) 1 not made of natural materials or substances: artificial sweeteners… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • artifice — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin artificium, from artific , artifex artificer, from Latin art , ars + facere Date: circa 1604 1. a. clever or artful skill ; ingenuity < believing that characters had to be created from within rather than… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • artifice — noun in our trade, artifice is an asset Syn: trickery, deceit, deception, duplicity, guile, cunning, artfulness, wiliness, craftiness, slyness, chicanery; fraud, fraudulence …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • artifice — noun a) a crafty but underhanded deception b) a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse See Also: artificial …   Wiktionary

  • artifice — UK [ˈɑː(r)tɪfɪs] / US [ˈɑrtɪfɪs] noun [uncountable] Word forms artifice : singular artifice plural artifices behaviour that is intended to trick someone a friendly manner, free of artifice …   English dictionary

  • artifice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trick, stratagem, ruse; device; cunning. See deception. Ant., candor, innocence. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Maneuver] Syn. stratagem, trick, wile, ruse; see trick 1 . 2. [Trickery] Syn. guile, cunning,… …   English dictionary for students

  • artifice — ar|ti|fice [ artıfıs ] noun uncount behavior that is intended to trick someone: a friendly manner, free of artifice …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • artifice — [ α:tɪfɪs] noun clever devices or expedients, especially to trick or deceive others. Origin ME (in the sense workmanship ): from OFr., from L. artificium, based on ars art + facere make …   English new terms dictionary

  • artifice — /ˈatəfəs / (say ahtuhfuhs) noun 1. a crafty device or expedient; a clever trick or stratagem. 2. craft; trickery. 3. skilful or apt contrivance. 4. Obsolete workmanship. {French, from Latin artificium} …  

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