Definition of artifice

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Artifice (n.) A handicraft; a trade; art of making.

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Counterplot :: Counterplot (n.) A plot or artifice opposed to another.
Finesse :: Finesse (v. i.) To use artifice or stratagem.
Decoy :: Decoy (v. t.) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net..
Fraudulent :: Fraudulent (a.) Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest..
Circumventive :: Circumventive (a.) Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.
Craftsman :: Craftsman (n.) One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument..
Artificer :: Artificer (n.) A cunning or artful fellow.
Sleight :: Sleight (n.) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding..
Deception :: Deception (n.) That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.
Overhear :: Overhear (v. t.) To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.
Finesse :: Finesse (a.) Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.
Intrigue :: Intrigue (v. i.) A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
Gin :: Gin (n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
Mechanic :: Mechanic (a.) A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments..
Strategics :: Strategical (a.) Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice.
Cabal :: Cabal (n.) The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
Angle :: Angle (v. t.) To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.
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