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Take :: Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..

Train :: Train (v.) That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement..

Courtship :: Courtship (n.) Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.

Dodge :: Dodge (n.) The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice..

Artifice :: Artifice (n.) Artful or skillful contrivance.

Opificer :: Opificer (n.) An artificer; a workman.

Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure..

Artificer :: Artificer (n.) A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory..

Get :: Get (n.) Artifice; contrivance.

Locksmith :: Locksmith (n.) An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.

Practice :: Practice (v. i.) To try artifices or stratagems.

Circumventive :: Circumventive (a.) Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.

Guile :: Guile (n.) Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.

Chicane :: Chicane (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices..

Lapidary :: Lapidary (n.) An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones..

Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener..

Stratagemical :: Stratagem (n.) An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination..

Juggle :: Juggle (v. i.) To practice artifice or imposture.

Craftiness :: Craftiness (n.) Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.

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