artifice

  • 21artifice — 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&#8230; …

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  • 22artifice — [[t]ɑ͟ː(r)tɪfɪs[/t]] artifices N VAR Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices. [FORMAL] Weegee s photographs are full of artfulness, and artifice …

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  • 23artifice — nm. ARTIFICHO (Albanais.001, Annecy.003, Montendry.219, Thônes.004, Villards Thônes), artifisso (Cordon.083). A1) feu d artifice : FWÀ D artifice ARTIFICHO (001,003,004,219) / artifisso (083) nm. ; bodéra &LT;feu de joie&GT; nf. (Arvillard) …

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  • 24artifice — /ahr teuh fis/, n. 1. a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile. 2. trickery; guile; craftiness. 3. cunning; ingenuity; inventiveness: a drawing room comedy crafted with artifice and elegance. 4. a skillful or&#8230; …

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  • 25artífice — (m) (Intermedio) persona que fabrica una cosa Ejemplos: Artífices de los mejores proyectos serán premiados. El artífice de estos cuadros es mi tío. Sinónimos: autor, creador …

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  • 26artifice — 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,&#8230; …

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  • 27artifice — ar|ti|fice [ artıfıs ] noun uncount behavior that is intended to trick someone: a friendly manner, free of artifice …

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  • 28artifice — 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&#8230; …

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  • 29artifice — noun in our trade, artifice is an asset Syn: trickery, deceit, deception, duplicity, guile, cunning, artfulness, wiliness, craftiness, slyness, chicanery; fraud, fraudulence …

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  • 30artifice — /artafas/ An ingenious contrivance or device of some kind, and, when used in a bad sense, it corresponds with trick or fraud. It implies craftiness and deceit, and imports some element of moral obliquity. See also scheme or artifice to defraud&#8230; …

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