artificen.

Brit.

/ˈɑːtᵻfɪs/, U.S.

/ˈɑrdəfəs/

Forms: 1500s artyfice, 1500s artyfyce, 1500s– artifice, 1600s artifiss; Scottish pre-1700 artifeis, pre-1700 1700s– artifice.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French artifice; Latin artificium.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French artifice (French artifice ) work of art (13th cent. in Old French as artefice ), craftsmanship (1212 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), engine, contrivance (c1300 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), work of an artificer (1318), human skill or workmanship as opposed to nature (1512), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin artificium artistry, craftsmanship, art, craft, profession, trade, rules or theory of an art, work of art, craftiness, cunning, device, trick, stratagem < artifex artifex n. + -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare Old Occitan artifici (13th cent.), Catalan artifici (14th cent.), Spanish artificio (2nd half of the 10th cent.), Portuguese artífice (1575), Italian artificio (1282).Compare earlier artificie ( < classical Latin artificium):?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 6^v Of preperacions & artificie i. craftynes [L. artificio] or ordeynyng localez antidotez [?c1425 Paris þe crafte of arrayeng helpeful medecynes].1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon sig. B7 Saults of pure beaten gould, Whose siluer plated edge of rarest mould, Mou'd admiration in my searching eie, To see the goldsmiths ritch artificie.

†1. The action of an artificer; the making of something by art or skill; craftsmanship, workmanship. Also: the work of an artificer; manual or mechanical work. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > contriving or devising

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1526 Grete Herball sig. Qiii/1 Hony is made by artyfyce, and craft of bees.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. v. 239 Adam..immediately issued from the Artifice of God.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 39 The skill of Artifice or Office mean, Not that which justly gives Heroic name To Person or to Poem.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 4 The early artifice in Brass and Iron under Tubal-Cain.

1709 Christian's Gaz. iii. 27 Gaze a while at the next little Flie, or Flower..thou meetest with; see the curious Workmanship, Artifice, Wisdom, and Power, there is discernable in the make of it.

1780 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 334 Personal tythes are such as arise and grow due by the profits that proceed from the honest labour and industry of mankind..in some personal work, imployment, artifice, or negociation.

1896 Mind 5 442 Artifice is the work of an artificer whose intention and production are altogether utilitarian.

2. Human skill or workmanship as opposed to nature or a natural phenomenon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > human skill as opposed to nature

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1526 Grete Herball sig. sig. Pv^v/2 There be y^t are naturall without artyfyce or craft & they be y^e best & whan ye fynde perles in receptes it is them y^t be naturall perles.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) f. 79 As ye se a thynge made by artyfice peryshe, and a naturall thynge laste.

1593 J. Eliot Ortho-epia Gallica 153 No artifice of man can tell how to counterfait her note.

1774 G. Marriott Estimate of Human Life 355 Nature..infinitely excelled human Artifice.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) II. x. 24 Restoring nature, where it had been displaced by artifice.

1916 B. Carman April Airs 41 Poisonous weeds of artifice sprang up, Defiling Nature at her sacred source.

1960 E. H. Gombrich Art & Illusion ii. iii. 85 Men turned from the admiration of artifice to the worship of nature.

2001 S. T. Asma Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads vii. 274 The idea that nature and human artifice are autonomous categories is simply untenable in this age of cloning, genetic engineering, and neuropharmacology.

3. Technical skill; artistry, ingenuity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > inventive or constructive skill

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1540 J. Palsgrave in tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iv. vi. (Obseruation) sig. Uii^v (monition) Whan I consyder the great artifice vsed by Fullonius in this his syxt sceane, of his iiii. act.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xvi. f. 50 ^v There is also another great columne near vnto it of marber, & one of bras, made by singular artifice, in forme of three serpents.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. v. (R.) Such as illustrate the artifice of its maker.

1695 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 19 89 Carved with the greatest Artifice and Curiosity.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xiii. 235 These little Houses look coarse, and shew no great Artifice outwardly; but are well tunnelled and made within with a hard tough Paste.

1777 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (new ed.) I. 190 Does it not counterwork the artifice of nature?

1841 R. W. Emerson in Dial July 130 There is no composition, no elaboration, no artifice in the structure of the rhyme, no variety in the imagery; in short, no pretension to literary merit.

1899 Times 20 Sept. 13/2 Like Another Helen, by Sidney C. Grier..is a novel of great artifice and research.

1914 A. Seeger Juvenilia in Poems (1917) 15 Here where morning-glories cling Round carven forms of carefullest artifice.

1994 M. Vickers & D. Gill Artful Crafts (1996) v. 136 (note) Porcelain and ormolu snuffboxes, many made with great artifice, were simply substitutes for the gold boxes few could afford.

4. Manner or style of workmanship; characteristic artistry. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > skill or craftsmanship

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1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke iii. 145 If you marke the artifice of the composition.

1663 W. Charleton Chorea Gigantum 25 As for the Artifice, or manner of Workmanship.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. §7. 88 Examine..into the artifice of its contrivance.

1975 Yearbk. Eng. Stud. 5 33 This beauty depends upon rich materials..upon colour..upon craftsmanship which achieves a high degree of finish and imitative artifice.

a. The product of art or skill; a manufactured article or object; a device, a piece of work. rare after 18th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > product > of human art or activity

artifice1600

production1603

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product1650

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1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile vi. f. 143 They haue also an easier kinde of artifice to trauaile ouer the Snow, much like vnto those slide-Wagons of which wee spake before.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iii. 48 God himself as the Architect and mover of this Divine Artifice.

a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) iv. ii. 175 The Material Universe, which is the Artifice of God, the Artifice of the best Mechanist.

1705 J. Gaskarth Beautiful Sanctuary 24 The Temple was a Type of our Saviour's Body, which he stiled a Temple, and a far more curious Artifice, and infinitely more glorious at least after his Resurrection, in which the God-head dwelt so eminently.

a1754 E. Tollet Poems Several Occasions (1755) 195 Now at once descending Axes sound, The weighty Hammer's blunter Strokes rebound, Till all the Artifice that did adorn The gilded Fretwork from the Walls is torn.

1970 Rev. Eng. Stud. 21 16 The garden maze—another man-made artifice, bewildering to the uninitiated intelligence.

†b. A substance created by artificial means; a mixture, a compound. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > [noun] > a structure

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1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 7 I find two kinds of Artifices used by the Antients, both of which is Compounded of Lime and Hogs-grease.

6. Now the usual sense.

a. Skill in devising and using expedients; artfulness, cunning, trickery.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination

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1618 Sir H. May Let. in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 47 Without any temporary ar[tifice] sincere and cordiall.

a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 55 Had it not bin by artifice they could neuer haue taken them.

1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xviii. 293 All the artifice and slight of hand they were masters of.

1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 2 The consequence of meditation, artifice, and design.

1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger III. xvi. 256 The artifice, chicanery and low cunning of a crafty and corrupt mind.

1867 J. E. Cooke Wearing of Gray i. iii. 62 He was evidently an honest gentleman who disdained all pretence or artifice.

1933 D. Thomas Let. Nov. (1987) 56 This is the art of to-day: posturing, shamming, cribbing, and all the artifice of a damned generation.

1963 D. M. Matheson tr. F. Schuon Understanding Islam iii. 101 Truthfulness is inseparable from virginity of spirit in the sense that the spirit must be free from all artifice, from all prejudice and from any passional interference.

2001 Dreamwatch Mar. 94/2 Complex storylines packed with political chicanery and artifice.

b. An ingenious expedient, a clever stratagem; (chiefly in negative sense) a manoeuvre or device intended to deceive, a trick.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device

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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient

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1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent viii. 714 Such unworthy artifices.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. vi. 120 He condemned Rhetorick, as being used rather as an Artifice, than an Art.

1710 H. Bedford Vindic. Church of Eng. 210 To declare against Popery..is only the old Artifice of gilding the Pill, to make it go down the better.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xvi. 108 To practise these dishonest artifices.

1865 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. 2/1 If they can be deluded by the artifices used to cheat them out of it.

1890 W. James in Scribner's Mag. Mar. 372 Simple commands were fruitless; but M. Janet at last hit upon an artifice, which shows how many resources the successful mind-doctor must possess.

1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism iv. 209 A Government, at once interfering, inefficient, and extravagant, cultivated..every shift and artifice most repugnant to the sober prudence of plain-dealing men.

1948 A. L. Rawlings Sci. Clocks & Watches (ed. 2) ix. 179 If by any other artifice the spring can be made to develop in this same direction with respects to its inner collected end, the result will be the same.

1991 J. Barth Last Voy. Somebody the Sailor 364 Your maidenhead was but one more of wily Jaydā's artifices, and your fidelity another!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	artifice
释义	artificen. Brit. /ˈɑːtᵻfɪs/, U.S. /ˈɑrdəfəs/ Forms: 1500s artyfice, 1500s artyfyce, 1500s– artifice, 1600s artifiss; Scottish pre-1700 artifeis, pre-1700 1700s– artifice. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French artifice; Latin artificium. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French artifice (French artifice ) work of art (13th cent. in Old French as artefice ), craftsmanship (1212 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), engine, contrivance (c1300 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), work of an artificer (1318), human skill or workmanship as opposed to nature (1512), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin artificium artistry, craftsmanship, art, craft, profession, trade, rules or theory of an art, work of art, craftiness, cunning, device, trick, stratagem < artifex artifex n. + -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare Old Occitan artifici (13th cent.), Catalan artifici (14th cent.), Spanish artificio (2nd half of the 10th cent.), Portuguese artífice (1575), Italian artificio (1282).Compare earlier artificie ( < classical Latin artificium):?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 6^v Of preperacions & artificie i. craftynes [L. artificio] or ordeynyng localez antidotez [?c1425 Paris þe crafte of arrayeng helpeful medecynes].1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon sig. B7 Saults of pure beaten gould, Whose siluer plated edge of rarest mould, Mou'd admiration in my searching eie, To see the goldsmiths ritch artificie. †1. The action of an artificer; the making of something by art or skill; craftsmanship, workmanship. Also: the work of an artificer; manual or mechanical work. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > contriving or devising crafta1398 artifice1526 contriving1583 hammering1589 contrivement1599 contrival1602 mintage1632 contrivance1644 fabrefaction1652 artificery1688 1526 Grete Herball sig. Qiii/1 Hony is made by artyfyce, and craft of bees. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. v. 239 Adam..immediately issued from the Artifice of God. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 39 The skill of Artifice or Office mean, Not that which justly gives Heroic name To Person or to Poem. View more context for this quotation a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 4 The early artifice in Brass and Iron under Tubal-Cain. 1709 Christian's Gaz. iii. 27 Gaze a while at the next little Flie, or Flower..thou meetest with; see the curious Workmanship, Artifice, Wisdom, and Power, there is discernable in the make of it. 1780 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 334 Personal tythes are such as arise and grow due by the profits that proceed from the honest labour and industry of mankind..in some personal work, imployment, artifice, or negociation. 1896 Mind 5 442 Artifice is the work of an artificer whose intention and production are altogether utilitarian. 2. Human skill or workmanship as opposed to nature or a natural phenomenon. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > human skill as opposed to nature arta1400 artifice1526 1526 Grete Herball sig. sig. Pv^v/2 There be y^t are naturall without artyfyce or craft & they be y^e best & whan ye fynde perles in receptes it is them y^t be naturall perles. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) f. 79 As ye se a thynge made by artyfice peryshe, and a naturall thynge laste. 1593 J. Eliot Ortho-epia Gallica 153 No artifice of man can tell how to counterfait her note. 1774 G. Marriott Estimate of Human Life 355 Nature..infinitely excelled human Artifice. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) II. x. 24 Restoring nature, where it had been displaced by artifice. 1916 B. Carman April Airs 41 Poisonous weeds of artifice sprang up, Defiling Nature at her sacred source. 1960 E. H. Gombrich Art & Illusion ii. iii. 85 Men turned from the admiration of artifice to the worship of nature. 2001 S. T. Asma Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads vii. 274 The idea that nature and human artifice are autonomous categories is simply untenable in this age of cloning, genetic engineering, and neuropharmacology. 3. Technical skill; artistry, ingenuity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > inventive or constructive skill ginc1175 compassc1320 witc1325 enginec1330 devicec1400 engininga1450 artifice1540 imaginea1550 ingeniousness1555 ingeniosity1607 ingenuousness1628 ingenuity1649 contrivance1659 artfulness1670 contrivancy1877 devicefulness1894 1540 J. Palsgrave in tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iv. vi. (Obseruation) sig. Uii^v (monition) Whan I consyder the great artifice vsed by Fullonius in this his syxt sceane, of his iiii. act. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xvi. f. 50 ^v There is also another great columne near vnto it of marber, & one of bras, made by singular artifice, in forme of three serpents. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. v. (R.) Such as illustrate the artifice of its maker. View more context for this quotation 1695 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 19 89 Carved with the greatest Artifice and Curiosity. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xiii. 235 These little Houses look coarse, and shew no great Artifice outwardly; but are well tunnelled and made within with a hard tough Paste. 1777 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (new ed.) I. 190 Does it not counterwork the artifice of nature? 1841 R. W. Emerson in Dial July 130 There is no composition, no elaboration, no artifice in the structure of the rhyme, no variety in the imagery; in short, no pretension to literary merit. 1899 Times 20 Sept. 13/2 Like Another Helen, by Sidney C. Grier..is a novel of great artifice and research. 1914 A. Seeger Juvenilia in Poems (1917) 15 Here where morning-glories cling Round carven forms of carefullest artifice. 1994 M. Vickers & D. Gill Artful Crafts (1996) v. 136 (note) Porcelain and ormolu snuffboxes, many made with great artifice, were simply substitutes for the gold boxes few could afford. 4. Manner or style of workmanship; characteristic artistry. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > skill or craftsmanship artc1300 artificialityc1535 artifice1597 craftsmanshipa1652 mechanism1710 craftmanship1829 artificership1835 craftiness1974 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke iii. 145 If you marke the artifice of the composition. 1663 W. Charleton Chorea Gigantum 25 As for the Artifice, or manner of Workmanship. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. §7. 88 Examine..into the artifice of its contrivance. 1975 Yearbk. Eng. Stud. 5 33 This beauty depends upon rich materials..upon colour..upon craftsmanship which achieves a high degree of finish and imitative artifice. 5. a. The product of art or skill; a manufactured article or object; a device, a piece of work. rare after 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > product > of human art or activity artifice1600 production1603 creationa1616 artefact1644 product1650 artefac1906 1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile vi. f. 143 They haue also an easier kinde of artifice to trauaile ouer the Snow, much like vnto those slide-Wagons of which wee spake before. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iii. 48 God himself as the Architect and mover of this Divine Artifice. a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) iv. ii. 175 The Material Universe, which is the Artifice of God, the Artifice of the best Mechanist. 1705 J. Gaskarth Beautiful Sanctuary 24 The Temple was a Type of our Saviour's Body, which he stiled a Temple, and a far more curious Artifice, and infinitely more glorious at least after his Resurrection, in which the God-head dwelt so eminently. a1754 E. Tollet Poems Several Occasions (1755) 195 Now at once descending Axes sound, The weighty Hammer's blunter Strokes rebound, Till all the Artifice that did adorn The gilded Fretwork from the Walls is torn. 1970 Rev. Eng. Stud. 21 16 The garden maze—another man-made artifice, bewildering to the uninitiated intelligence. †b. A substance created by artificial means; a mixture, a compound. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > [noun] > a structure machine1545 framework1578 compact1600 fabrication1602 machination1605 compound1607 structure1612 compilement1624 fabric1633 contignation1635 artifice1700 mechanism1712 creel1788 composition1793 arrangement1800 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 7 I find two kinds of Artifices used by the Antients, both of which is Compounded of Lime and Hogs-grease. 6. Now the usual sense. a. Skill in devising and using expedients; artfulness, cunning, trickery. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination artc1300 enginec1300 compassc1320 governaila1382 subtletya1393 imaginement1543 machinationc1550 stratagem1561 designing1566 packing1587 Machiavellism1592 design1594 drifting1602 Machiavellianism1607 artifice1618 reach1641 contrivance1647 intrigue1668 designfulnessa1677 engineering1716 manoeuvring1786 scheme1790 intriguery1815 intriguing1841 footwork1902 game playing1916 1618 Sir H. May Let. in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 47 Without any temporary ar[tifice] sincere and cordiall. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 55 Had it not bin by artifice they could neuer haue taken them. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xviii. 293 All the artifice and slight of hand they were masters of. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 2 The consequence of meditation, artifice, and design. 1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger III. xvi. 256 The artifice, chicanery and low cunning of a crafty and corrupt mind. 1867 J. E. Cooke Wearing of Gray i. iii. 62 He was evidently an honest gentleman who disdained all pretence or artifice. 1933 D. Thomas Let. Nov. (1987) 56 This is the art of to-day: posturing, shamming, cribbing, and all the artifice of a damned generation. 1963 D. M. Matheson tr. F. Schuon Understanding Islam iii. 101 Truthfulness is inseparable from virginity of spirit in the sense that the spirit must be free from all artifice, from all prejudice and from any passional interference. 2001 Dreamwatch Mar. 94/2 Complex storylines packed with political chicanery and artifice. b. An ingenious expedient, a clever stratagem; (chiefly in negative sense) a manoeuvre or device intended to deceive, a trick. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device wrenchc888 craftOE turnc1225 ginc1275 play?a1300 enginec1300 wrenkc1325 forsetc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 cautel138. subtletya1393 wilea1400 tramc1400 wrinkle1402 artc1405 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 subtiltyc1440 jeopardy1487 jouk1513 pawka1522 frask1524 false point?1528 conveyance1534 compass1540 fineness1546 far-fetch?a1562 stratagem1561 finesse1562 entrapping1564 convoyance1578 lift1592 imagine1594 agitation1600 subtleship1614 artifice1620 navation1628 wimple1638 rig1640 lapwing stratagem1676 feint1679 undercraft1691 fly-flap1726 management1736 fakement1811 old tricka1822 fake1829 trickeration1940 swiftie1945 shrewdie1961 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient costOE craftOE custc1275 ginc1275 devicec1290 enginec1300 quaintisec1300 contrevurec1330 castc1340 knackc1369 findinga1382 wilea1400 conject14.. skiftc1400 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 policec1450 conjecturea1464 industry1477 invention1516 cunning1526 shift1530 compass1540 chevisance1548 trade1550 tour1558 fashion1562 invent?1567 expediment1571 trick1573 ingeny1588 machine1595 lock1598 contrival1602 contrivement1611 artifice1620 recipea1643 ingenuity1651 expedient1653 contrivance1661 excogitation1664 mechanism1669 expediency1683 stroke1699 spell1728 management1736 manoeuvre1769 move1794 wrinkle1817 dodge1842 jigamaree1847 quiff1881 kink1889 lurk1916 gadget1920 fastie1931 ploy1940 1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent viii. 714 Such unworthy artifices. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. vi. 120 He condemned Rhetorick, as being used rather as an Artifice, than an Art. 1710 H. Bedford Vindic. Church of Eng. 210 To declare against Popery..is only the old Artifice of gilding the Pill, to make it go down the better. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xvi. 108 To practise these dishonest artifices. 1865 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. 2/1 If they can be deluded by the artifices used to cheat them out of it. 1890 W. James in Scribner's Mag. Mar. 372 Simple commands were fruitless; but M. Janet at last hit upon an artifice, which shows how many resources the successful mind-doctor must possess. 1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism iv. 209 A Government, at once interfering, inefficient, and extravagant, cultivated..every shift and artifice most repugnant to the sober prudence of plain-dealing men. 1948 A. L. Rawlings Sci. Clocks & Watches (ed. 2) ix. 179 If by any other artifice the spring can be made to develop in this same direction with respects to its inner collected end, the result will be the same. 1991 J. Barth Last Voy. Somebody the Sailor 364 Your maidenhead was but one more of wily Jaydā's artifices, and your fidelity another! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). artificev. Brit. /ˈɑːtᵻfɪs/, U.S. /ˈɑrdəfəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: artifice n. Etymology: < artifice n. Compare earlier artificer n. transitive. To make or shape by artifice; to apply artifice to; to construct, contrive. Now chiefly of immaterial things. ΚΠ a1652 R. Brome Damoiselle v. i. sig. F5, in Five New Playes (1653) And your whole gracefull Presence shall attract, (Beyond affection) admiration: As Ile artifice you. 1863 Sci. Amer. 5 Dec. 361/2 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. 1917 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 14 607 The state..is an artificial body (which means it is artificed and sustained by human reason). 1951 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 16 605/1 Ross's final conclusion is that not only will social control be more necessary in the future, but it will consist of more carefully artificed and more searching and pervasive means. 1995 J. Bruner in C. Moore & P. J. Dunham Joint Attention 10 Our own acts and utterances must be artificed in such a way as to take account of how our interlocutor might ‘take’ our act or utterance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1526v.a1652
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