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artificing

artificing is the present participle and gerund of artifice.

Meaning of artifice

Verb

artifice (third-person singular simple present artifices, present participle artificing, simple past and past participle artificed)

  1. To construct by means of skill or specialised art
    • 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.1867, Egbert Pomroy Watson, The Modern Practice of American Machinists and Engineers […]

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Questions about artificing

What is artificing the present participle and gerund of?
Artificing is the present participle and gerund of artifice.

Words near artificing in the dictionary

  1. artificially intelligent
  2. artificially intelligently
  3. artificially sweetened
  4. artificialness
  5. artificials
  6. artificing
  7. artificious
  8. Artiga
  9. Artigas
  10. Artigat
  11. artigi

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