a. [ L. artificialis, fr. artificium: cf. F. artificiel. See Artifice. ] 1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Artificial strife
Lives in these touches, livelier than life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine. “Artificial tears.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Artful; cunning; crafty. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Artificial arguments (Rhet.), arguments invented by the speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs. Johnson. --
Artificial classification (Science), an arrangement based on superficial characters, and not expressing the true natural relations species; as, “the artificial system” in botany, which is the same as the Linnæan system. --
Artificial horizon. See under Horizon.
Artificial light, any light other than that which proceeds from the heavenly bodies. --
Artificial lines, lines on a sector or scale, so contrived as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents, which, by the help of the line of numbers, solve, with tolerable exactness, questions in trigonometry, navigation, etc. --
Artificial numbers, logarithms. --
Artificial person (Law). See under Person. --
Artificial sines,
tangents, etc., the same as logarithms of the natural sines, tangents, etc. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render artificial. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ingeniously; skillfully. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The spider's web, finely and artificially wrought. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Craftily; artfully. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sharp dissembled so artificially. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being artificial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. bénéficial, LL. beneficialis. ] 1. Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to. [ 1913 Webster ]

The war which would have been most beneficial to us. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. King. [ Obs. ] “A beneficial foe.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Advantage. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being beneficial; profitableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aedificialis. ] Pertaining to an edifice; structural. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Proceeding from office or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not prescribed by official duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + artificial: cf. F. inartificiel. ] Not artificial; not made or elaborated by art; natural; simple; artless; as, an inartificial argument; an inartificial character. -- In*ar`ti*fi"cial*ly, adv. -- In*ar`ti*fi"cial*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not official; not having official sanction or authority; unofficial; not according to the forms or ceremony of official business; as, inofficial intelligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pinckney and Marshall would not make inofficial visits to discuss official business. Pickering.

Syn. -- Private; informal; unwarranted; unauthorizod; irregular; unceremonious; unprofessional. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without the usual forms, or not in the official character; unofficially. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Injurious. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. officialis: cf. F. officiel. See Office, and cf. Official, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine. [ 1913 Webster ]

That, in the official marks invested, you
Anon do meet the senate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Pharm.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Discharging an office or function. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. officialis a magistrate's servant or attendant: cf. F. official. See Official, a., and cf. Officer. ] 1. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The body of all people elected or appointed to administer a government, taken collectively.
Syn. -- government officials. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic of some government officials; bureaucratese; -- it is characterized by euphemisms, circumlocutions, vague abstractions, and circumlocutions. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Officialism may often drift into blunders. Smiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Officialty. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to render official; as, we officialized our relationship.
Syn. -- make official. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as, accounts or reports officially verified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. officialité. ] The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pontificius. ] Papal; pontifical. [ Obs. ] “Pontificial writers.” Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice. “Sacrificial rites.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement. -- Sem`i*of*fi"cial*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. superficialis: cf. F. superficiel. See Superficies. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

This superficial tale
Is but a preface of her worthy praise. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is a presumptuous and superficial writer. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

That superficial judgment, which happens to be right without deserving to be so. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Su`per*fi"cial*ly, adv. -- Su`per*fi"cial*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who attends to anything superficially; a superficial or shallow person; a sciolist; a smatterer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. superficialité. ] The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a characteristic weakness of the day to superficialize evil. E. P. Whipple. [ 1913 Webster ]

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{ } a. Acting by poison; used in poisoning or in sorcery. [ Obs. ] “An old veneficious practice.” Sir T. Browne. -- Ven`e*fi"cious*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]