rare. Also arte-. [f. L. arti- art + factus, pa. pple. of facĕre to make.] A thing made by art, an artificial product.
a. 1834. Coleridge, Lit. Rem., III. 347. A lump of sugar of lead lies among other artefacts on the shelf of a collector.
1884. G. S. Hall, Diestemey’s Teaching Hist., 8. School artifacts, mistaken for perplexities inherent in the subject itself.
