Magic
61magic — n 1. sorcery, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry, incantation, wonderworking; necromancy, thau maturgy, theurgy; black magic, black art, voodoo, hoodoo, obiism or obeahism; deviltry or devilry, de monology, demonaltry, diabolism; supernaturalness,… …
62magic up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms magic up : present tense I/you/we/they magic up he/she/it magics up present participle magicking up past tense magicked up past participle magicked up British to make someone or something appear very quickly… …
63magic — mag•ic [[t]ˈmædʒ ɪk[/t]] n. 1) the art of producing illusions, as by sleight of hand 2) ant the practice of using various techniques, as incantation, to exert control over the supernatural or the forces of nature 3) a result of such practice 4)… …
64Magic — Gaining knowledge or power over the elements through the use of Divination, Sympathetic Magic, Sortilege or Thaumaturgy. Another form of Magic, called Conjuring, was the art of illusion used to entertain people. Magicians use misdirection,… …
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65Magic — The Jews seem early to have consulted the teraphim (q.v.) for oracular answers (Judg. 18:5, 6; Zech. 10:2). There is a remarkable illustration of this divining by teraphim in Ezek. 21:19 22. We read also of the divining cup of Joseph (Gen.… …
66MAGIC — the production of effects in the world by means of invisible or supernatural CAUSATION. Action based on a BELIEF in the efficacy of SYMBOLIC FORM which perform in an automatic manner. Magical belief holds that if a RITUAL is performed… …
67magic — noun 1》 the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. ↘mysterious tricks performed as entertainment. 2》 a mysterious and enchanting quality: the magic of the theatre. ↘informal exceptional skill or …
68magic — A substance that is sprinkled or a phrase that is chanted by a guru to make something work. A magic character is one with special, often hard to understand capabilities, used at every opportunity by gurus wanting to demonstrate their powers …
69magic — In addition to other meanings, this term (from the Greek magos, meaning a priest or learned person ) refers to the invocation of supernatural powers often by using charms or spells as a way of predicting the future or determining the course of …
70magic up — verb To create something or cause something to come forth, by magic or by some other unexplained means. The landlady magicked up a large breakfast for us and our unexpected guest …
