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  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.]
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     2. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
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              The material universe . . . in the artifice of God,
              the artifice of the best Mechanist.   --Cudworth.
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     3. Artful or skillful contrivance.
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              His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much
              artifice.                             --Craik.
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     4. Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick.
  
     Note: [Now the usual meaning.]
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                 Those who were conscious of guilt employed
                 numerous artifices for the purpose of averting
                 inquiry.                           --Macaulay.
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  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.

  artifice
       n : a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) [syn: ruse]

  artifice
     Γαλλικά n.
     το τέχνασμα

  artifice
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la artifex  abl s)
     n.
     1 A crafty but underhanded deception.
     2 A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
     3 A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection
  or capture.
     4 A tactical move to gain advantage.
     5 (lb en archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
     vb.
     To construct by means of skill or specialised art

  artifice
     n.
     1 A crafty but underhanded deception.
     2 A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
     3 A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection
  or capture.
     4 A tactical move to gain advantage.
     5 (lb en archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
     vb.
     To construct by means of skill or specialised art

  artifice
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la artifex  abl s)
     n.
     1 A crafty but underhanded deception.
     2 A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
     3 A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection
  or capture.
     4 A tactical move to gain advantage.
     5 (lb en archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
     vb.
     To construct by means of skill or specialised art

  artifice
     Latin n.
     (inflection of la artifex  abl s)
     n.
     1 A crafty but underhanded deception.
     2 A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
     3 A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection
  or capture.
     4 A tactical move to gain advantage.
     5 (lb en archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
     vb.
     To construct by means of skill or specialised art

  artifice
     Ranska n.
     1 temppu
     2 ovela hämäys, petollinen harhautus
     3 (''retoriikka, kirjallisuus'') tehokeino
     4 taito, taidokkuus
     5 keinotekoisuus

  artifice
     Engelska n.
     påhitt, påfund

  Artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/
  التّحايل

  artifice //ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs// 
  хитрина
  crafty but underhanded deception

  artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/ 
  trik

  artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/ 
  rafinovanost

  artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/
  Kunstgriff 
     Synonyms: trick, dodge
  
   see: artifices, tricks, dodges
  

  artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/
   [formal] List 
     Synonym: guile
  
   see: guiles
  

  artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/
   [formal] List , Schlich , Trick 
     Synonyms: ploy, gambit
  

  artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/
  Vorrichtung 
   see: artifices
  

  artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/
  
  τέχνασμα

  artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/ 
  1. चालाकी
        "Pretending to be ill was her artifice."

  artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/
  izmišljotina, lukavstvo, pronalazak, smicalica, umjetnost, vještak, vještina, zanatlija

  artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/
  1. ügyesség
  2. csel
  3. lelemény
  4. ravaszság

  artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/
  1. oyun, hile, desise
  2. hüner, sanat
  3. hunerli iş
  4. ustalık.

  artifice /aʁtifˈis/
  ard (ardoù /aʁdˈu/), gwidre (gwidreoù /ɡwidʁəˈu/), korvigell (korvigelloù /kɔʁviʒɛlˈu/), troidell (troidelloù /tʁwadɛlˈu/)

  artifice /aʁtifˈis/
  troidellerezh, troidellegezh

   (sans a.) artifice /aʁtifˈis/
  diardoù

   (feu d'a.) artifice /aʁtifˈis/
  arvest (tan-a.)

  artifice /aʁ.ti.fis/ 
  Betrügerei, Gaunerei, Kniff

  artifice /aʁ.ti.fis/ 
  πονηριά, τέχνασμα

  artifice /aʀtifis/ 
  subterfuge, trick, trickery

  artifice /aʁ.ti.fis/ 
  kikka

  artifice /aʁ.ti.fis/ 
  artificio

  artifice /artifis/
  foefje, kneep, kunstgreep, streek, stunt, toer, truc

  artifice /aʁ.ti.fis/ 
  artificio, engaño

  
/ˈɑɹtəfɪs/

  
/aʁtifis/

  211 Moby Thesaurus words for "artifice":
     Gongorism, Italian hand, Machiavellianism, 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, googly, grift, guile, hocus-pocus,
     hyperelegance, improbity, improvisation, ingeniousness, ingenuity,
     insidiousness, intrigue, inventiveness, joker, juggle, jugglery,
     jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, keenness, knavery, last expedient,
     last resort, last shift, little game, low cunning, 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
  
  

  n. 技巧,巧妙,诡计;

     n. 技巧,巧妙,诡计