Meaning of magic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of magnetism-based interaction capture.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
2. An Allied cryptanalysis project, during and prior to World War II, that decrypted Japanese messages
3. An Allied cryptanalysis project, during and prior to World War II, that decrypted Japanese messages.
4. 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.
   uncountable, usually
5. spell, charm, conjuration
6. The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.
   uncountable, usually
7. wizardry (skill, ability)
8. A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability.
   countable, rare, usually
9. The ability to cast a magic spell.
   countable, usually
10. Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
    uncountable, usually
11. Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.
    slang, uncountable, usually
12. The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
    uncountable, usually
13. One such conjuring trick or illusion.
    countable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

““My magic will help you find true love,” said the witch as she looked for the right herbs in her collection.”

“And whan he shall be arrayed as I telle you / lete hym thenne doo his incantacyons & his magyke as he wyll […].”

“But by what magique I, that here have ſtood / Four hunderd yeares (thou know’ſt how truly ſpoke), / Can now remove, think’ſt thou?”

“The arts of magic and divination were strictly prohibited.”

“Does not the very name stir the heart [...] with a thrill more mysterious and romantic than any allusion to the magics of Egypt or Hind?”

“Conversions to the new religion […] have frequently been assisted by the view of converts that they are acquiring not just a means of otherworldly salvation, but a new and more powerful magic.”

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

“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.”

“"I am the master of mighty magics."”

“I learned a new magic after rescuing the tree fairy.”

“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 architectural achievement.”

“We began to take Santa Claus to the kids at the isolated sidings for the same reason men all over Australia on the lines back o' beyond did [...] we didn't want them to miss that magic.”

“The stringstream class hides a lot of string parsing magic from us at this point.”

“Use of MAGIC in genome-wide expression screening can identify multiple protein targets of a drug.”

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