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artifice (n.m.)
1.moyen subtil destiné à tromper.
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artifice (n.m.)
adresse, argutie, art, astuce, attrape-nigaud, biais, carotte, cautèle, chafouinerie, chausse-trape, chicane, combinaison, déguisement, détour, diplomatie, échafaudage, échappatoire, embûche, entortillage, fantasmagorie, fard, faux-fuyant, feinte, ficelle, finasserie, finesse, fourberie, fraude, habileté, illusion, industrie, ingéniosité, intrigue, invention, leurre, machiavélisme, machination, machine, magie, malice, manège, manière, manœuvre, maquignonnage, matoiserie, méandre, mensonge, moyen, ornement, perfidie, piège, pipeau, politique, procédé, retour, rets, roublardise, rouerie, rubrique, ruse, simulation, singerie, sournoiserie, stratagème, subterfuge, subtilité, technique, tour, trame, tromperie, truc
feu d'artifice • pièce d'artifice • sans artifice
Feu d'artifice • Musique pour les feux d'artifice royaux (Haendel)
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ARTIFICE (s. m.)
1. Habile, industrieuse combinaison de moyens. Les artifices de l'éloquence.
• Le joug du chariot était composé de noeuds entrelacés avec tant d'artifice, qu'on n'en eût su découvrir le commencement ni la fin (VAUGEL. Q. C. liv. III, 1)
• Démêlez, si vous pouvez, l'artifice infini qui entre dans la formation des insectes (MASS. Car. Vérité de la rel.)
• Condition qui fait l'artifice et le jeu de la machine politique (J. J. ROUSS. Contr. I, 7)
• On use de mille artifices pour y parvenir (FÉN. Tél. XXII)
• Si par ton artifice Je pouvais revoir.... (RAC. Brit. III, 6)
• On nous imputerait ce mauvais artifice (CORN. Hor. II, 8)
• Que pour avoir vos biens on dresse un artifice (MOL. Mis. I, 1)
• Ces âmes nobles et courageuses, que nuls besoins, nulle disproportion, nuls artifices ne peuvent séparer de ceux qu'ils se sont une fois choisis pour amis (LA BRUY. 6)
• Les images sont aussi d'un grand artifice pour donner du poids au discours (BOILEAU du Subl. 13)
2. Ruse, déguisement, fraude. Avoir recours à l'artifice. Parler sans artifice.
• L'artifice pourtant vous y peut être utile (CORN. Cinna, III, 1)
• Britannicus pourrait t'accuser d'artifice (RAC. Brit. II, 2)
• Je ne viens point armé d'un indigne artifice.... (RAC. Andr. IV, 5)
• .... L'artifice est grossier ; Tu te fais criminel pour te justifier (RAC. Phèdre, IV, 2)
3. Composition pyrotechnique destinée soit aux divertissements soit à la guerre. Pièce d'artifice. Feu d'artifice, ensemble de pièces d'artifice qu'on fait brûler d'ordinaire pour un divertissement.
• Mme de Wolmar dit : allons tirer le feu d'artifice (J. J. ROUSS. Hél. V, 7)
• Feu d'artifice éteint par une averse (BÉRANG. Fille du Peuple.)
Fig. C'est un feu d'artifice, se dit d'un discours, d'un écrit brillant, mais qui n'a pas de fonds.
HISTORIQUE
XIVe s.— Artifice mecanique ou servile (ORESME Thèse de MEUNIER.)— Personnes de divers artifices, comme sont un medecin et un laboureur de terres (ORESME ib.)— Autres ferremens et artifices à faire monnoye (DU CANGE artificium.)
XVe s.— Les maistres du mestier et artifice de boulengerie et taillemellerie (DU CANGE ib.)
XVIe s.— Si nous prenons le vray flatteur qui sçache bien avec artifice et dexterité grande mener le mestier (AMYOT Comm. discern. le flatt. 7)— Le plus grand meurtre des uns et des autres fut par les artifices de feu dequoi les assaillants porterent le plus, comme mieux fournis (D'AUB. Hist. I, 243)— Je ne veux oublier les artifices par lesquels on relevoit les courages des soldats en tous les combats (D'AUB. ib. I, 244)— Aians pris le vent à propos, et porté quantité d'artifices (D'AUB. ib. II, 50)— Les femmes portoient les artifices de feux, les cercles et les chausses-trapes (D'AUB. ib. II, 58)— Ville forte d'assiette et d'artifice (D'AUB. ib. II, 385)— À la lueur des feux d'artifice, la charge se fait de tous costez (D'AUB. ib. III, 386)— Un oeil fait par artifice (PARÉ XVII, 1)
ÉTYMOLOGIE
Provenç. artifici ; espagn. artificio ; ital. artifizio ; de artificium, de ars (voy. ART), et facere (voy. FAIRE).
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