magic

noun magics · magick · magicke · magique

1. uncountable, usually The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them. “My magic will help you find true love,” said the witch as she looked for the right herbs in her collection.

   Similar: dwimmer, spellcraft, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry

2. uncountable, usually The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.

   Similar: dwimmer, spellcraft, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry

3. countable, rare, usually A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability. And she can turn people into stone and do all kinds of horrible things. And she has made a magic so that it is always winter in Narnia—always winter, but it never gets to Christmas.

   Similar: dwimmer, spellcraft, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry, cantrip, incantation, chantment, charm, conjuration, craft, enchantment

4. countable, usually The ability to cast a magic spell. I learned a new magic after rescuing the tree fairy.

   Similar: dwimmer, spellcraft, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry

5. uncountable, usually Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill. The original family who had begun to build a palace to outrival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectu
6. slang, uncountable, usually Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood. The stringstream class hides a lot of string parsing magic from us at this point.
7. uncountable, usually The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.

   Similar: illusionism, legerdemain, sleight of hand, conjuration, conjuring, dweomercraft, hocus-pocus, jugglery, magic, palmistry, prestidigitation, prestigiation

8. countable, usually One such conjuring trick or illusion.

   Similar: illusionism, legerdemain, sleight of hand, conjuration, conjuring, dweomercraft, hocus-pocus, jugglery, magic, palmistry, prestidigitation, prestigiation

Similar: bewitchery, black arts, charmwork, conjuration, conjuring, craft, dark arts, diablerie, druidcraft, dweomercraft, dwimmer, dwimmercraft, enchantment, goety, gypsycraft, hexcraft, hexerei, jugglery, magic, mojo, sorcery, sortilege, spellcasting, spellcraft, spellwork, thaumaturgy, wandwork, warlockry, whistness, witchdom

adjective magick · magicke · magique

1. not comparable Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic. a magic wand

   Similar: magical

2. not comparable Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic. a magic moment

   Similar: wonderful, amazing

3. not comparable Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc. a magic show

   Similar: magical

4. colloquial, not comparable Great; excellent. I cleaned up the flat while you were out. —Really? Magic!
5. not comparable Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.
6. not comparable Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable The code is full of magic numbers and we can't figure out what they mean.

verb magics · magicking · magicked · magick · magicke

1. transitive To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic. He pictured them standing about the dim hallway, magicked into immobility, glazed and mute, one with a hand raised, another bending to set down a bag, and Licht before them, nodding and twitching like a marionette, as usual.

   Similar: conjure up, magic up

proper noun

1. An Allied cryptanalysis project, during and prior to World War II, that decrypted Japanese messages.

noun

1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of magnetism-based interaction capture Use of MAGIC in genome-wide expression screening can identify multiple protein targets of a drug.