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   Artifice , n. [L. artificium, fr. artifex artificer; ars, artis, art + facere to make: cf. F. artifice.]
   A handicraft; a trade; art of making. [Obs.]
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   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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   Artful or skillful contrivance.
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   His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much artifice.
   Craik.
   
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   Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [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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