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# artifice

noun (artifice, artifices)

«artifice» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A clever trick used to fool people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#m1)
2. Clever skill, or a way of doing things that is not natural. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#m2)

### In the lessons

Found in stories about tricksters and in literature talk. Phrases: «by artifice», «without artifice» (honest, natural).

### Examples

- The fox won by artifice, not strength. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x1)
- She spoke simply, without artifice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x2)
- The magician's artifice amazed us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x3)
- Odysseus used artifice to get into Troy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x4)
- Stage make-up is a kind of artifice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x5)
- The plan was full of artifice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x6)
- A LION, unable from old age and infirmities to provide himself with food by force, resolved to do so by artifice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x7)

### Note

Related: artificial (not natural). Formal; everyday: «trick».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «artifice» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«artifice» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/artifice.html) on Mova free.