Definition of artifice

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Artifice (n.) Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.].

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Angle :: Angle (v. i.) To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise..
Fetch :: Fetch (n.) A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice..
Cabal :: Cabal (n.) The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
Artifice :: Artifice (n.) Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
Intrigue :: Intrigue (v. i.) To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
Malefice :: Malefice (n.) An evil deed; artifice; enchantment.
Shifter :: Shifter (n.) One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener..
Guile :: Guile (n.) Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.
Swindlery :: Swindler (n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat..
Machiavelianism :: Machiavelianism (n.) The supposed principles of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power..
Practice :: Practice (v. i.) To try artifices or stratagems.
Workman :: Workman (n.) Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer..
Locksmith :: Locksmith (n.) An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
Counterplot :: Counterplot (n.) A plot or artifice opposed to another.
Deception :: Deception (n.) That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.
Reach :: Reach (n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.
Lapidary :: Lapidary (n.) An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones..
Strath :: Strategy (n.) The use of stratagem or artifice.
Artificer :: Artificer (n.) One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer..
Artificer :: Artificer (n.) An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith..
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