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Particularly: “From Latin arte (by skill, ablative of ars (art, skill)) + facere (to make, do).”

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ar.teˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ar‧te‧fà‧re

Verb edit

artefàre (first-person singular present artefàccio, first-person singular past historic arteféci, past participle artefàtto, first-person singular imperfect artefacévo, second-person singular imperative artefài or artefà', auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to do or make something skillfully
  2. (transitive) to adulterate

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