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ar-ti-fy (verb)
1. strengthen by learning basic art elements and design principles
2. open ourselves to new ways of seeing the world around us
3. encourage others and share ideas with fresh new vision
Encourage, reassure, brace, embolden and reinforce are perfect words to keep in mind as we artify: boldly build our art muscles.
artify by ravenspeak August 6, 2012
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V. artifies, artified, artifying, artification.

To make art.
To apply artistic techniques.
The wall was artified with graffiti.
artify by Kya March 23, 2004
to artify (vb. active)
improve the environment and life with and through art; expand experience and enrich the world through artistic actions
My parents planned to artifytheir home by placing a local artist's work in their garden.
The company decided to artify corporate gifts through more creative ways of making donations, like giving away family passes to museums and concerts.
artify by the Barde March 1, 2009

Rare Indian Artifact

Discovering a full bottle of beer and or a bottle of booze on the side of the road on an Indian Rez.
When we drove to the Rez to get our cheap smokes we noticed a Rare Indian Artifact just laying in a ditch.

artifish 

Someone who uses artificial intelligence to help them write their dating profile, and/or their messages.
He was kind, and seemed smart—alas he was an artifish—and now it all seems like a lie.

artificial stupidity 

artificial stupidity is when a natural brunette who dyes/highlights their hair blonde claims a "blonde moment" to make an excuse for a stupid move.
Eric "That was dumb!"
Ann Marie "Sorry. I had a 'blonde moment.'"
Eric "But you're not a REAL blonde! You had artificial stupidity!"
artificial stupidity by AMarie0908 August 16, 2010

artifact children 

Term invented (or at least popularized) by the late musician Frank Zappa to describe children conceived primarily for the experience of having them.
"There seems to be this trend for the young modern parent to have a child for these reasons: For the woman to experience the miracle of childbirth and for the young couple to raise their precious child to be this immaculate artifact of modern society. If people think today's punk kids are repulsive, wait until they see what these little artifact children are going to do."

Frank Zappa
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