"artifice" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/ Audio: en-us-artifice.ogg [US] Forms: artifices [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂er-}}, {{bor|en|frm|artifice}} Middle French artifice, {{uder|en|la|artificium}} Latin artificium, {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} artifice (countable and uncountable, plural artifices)
  1. A crafty but underhanded deception. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (crafty but underhanded deception): хитрина (hitrina) (Bulgarian), artifici [masculine] (Catalan), artifiko (Esperanto), artifice [masculine] (French), feinte [feminine] (French), megtévesztés (Hungarian), ügyeskedés (Hungarian), ügyesség (Hungarian), csalafintaság (Hungarian), ravaszkodás (Hungarian), cselszövés (Hungarian), rafinéria (Hungarian), lelemény (Hungarian), mesterkedés (Hungarian), artifico (Ido), artifício [masculine] (Portuguese), artimanha [feminine] (Portuguese), artificiu [neuter] (Romanian), smicalica (Serbo-Croatian), lukavstvo (Serbo-Croatian), artificio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-artifice-en-noun-uxUPlQeH Disambiguation of 'crafty but underhanded deception': 88 5 2 1 4
  2. A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse): artifiko (Esperanto), Kunstgriff [masculine] (German), fortély (Hungarian), csel (Hungarian), praktika (Hungarian), cselfogás (Hungarian), furfang (Hungarian), trükk (Hungarian), konstgrepp [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-artifice-en-noun-HBsgEC0N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 33 7 4 40 Disambiguation of 'A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse': 3 88 5 1 3
  3. A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-artifice-en-noun-WgH1YzSl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 33 7 4 40
  4. A tactical move to gain advantage. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  5. (archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-artifice-en-noun-eZ71iZ7r

Verb

IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/ Audio: en-us-artifice.ogg [US] Forms: artifices [present, singular, third-person], participle artificing [present], artificed [participle, past], artificed [past]
Etymology: From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂er-}}, {{bor|en|frm|artifice}} Middle French artifice, {{uder|en|la|artificium}} Latin artificium, {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} artifice (third-person singular simple present artifices, present participle artificing, simple past and past participle artificed)
  1. To construct by means of skill or specialised art Related terms: artificial
    Sense id: en-artifice-en-verb-Fh8GUspn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 33 7 4 40 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 3 21 26 7 8 35

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      "glosses": [
        "A tactical move to gain advantage."
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      "glosses": [
        "Something made with technical skill; a contrivance."
      ],
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        "(archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/"
    },
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hitrina",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "хитрина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artifici"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "artifiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artifice"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feinte"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "megtévesztés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "ügyeskedés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "ügyesség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "csalafintaság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "ravaszkodás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "cselszövés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "rafinéria"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "lelemény"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "mesterkedés"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "artifico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artifício"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "artimanha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "artificiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "smicalica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "word": "lukavstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "crafty but underhanded deception",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artificio"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse",
      "word": "artifiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kunstgriff"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse",
      "word": "fortély"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse",
      "word": "csel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse",
      "word": "praktika"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse",
      "word": "cselfogás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse",
      "word": "furfang"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse",
      "word": "trükk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "konstgrepp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "artifice"
}

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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
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    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-",
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      "form": "participle artificing",
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        {
          "ref": "1867, Egbert Pomroy Watson, The Modern Practice of American Machinists and Engineers […]",
          "text": "The Creator has so cunningly endowed our bodies that there is no labor to be done, no skill in artificing or fashioning the metals, that is beyond our reach.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1900, Country Life, volume 7, page 138",
          "text": "Some of the greatest artists of their day either furnished designs or with their own hands artificed ornaments for domestic use,",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, Appalachian Mountain Club, The A.M.C. White Mountain Guide: A Guide to Trails in the Mountains",
          "text": "Splints and slings, already described, are easily artificed out of small saplings or from stiff bark.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/"
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