| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something, as a machine, devised for a particular function: apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance. See MACHINE. 2. An element or a component in a decorative composition: design, figure, motif, motive, pattern. See PART. 3. Something invented: brainchild, contrivance, invention. See MACHINE, MAKE. 4. An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end: artifice, deception, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile. Informal : shenanigan, take-in. See HONEST, MEANS.
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