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# artifice

«artifice» in Mova's school dictionary: **A clever trick used to fool people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (artifice, artifices)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A clever trick used to fool people. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x1)
- She spoke simply, without artifice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x2)
- The magician's artifice amazed us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x3)
- Odysseus used artifice to get into Troy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x4)
- Stage make-up is a kind of artifice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x5)
- The plan was full of artifice. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/#x7)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «artifice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artifice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.