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  1. noun The art that purports to control or forecast natural events, effects, or forces by invoking the supernatural.
  2. noun The practice of using charms, spells, or rituals to attempt to produce supernatural effects or control events in nature.
  3. noun The charms, spells, and rituals so used.
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  • They still had it; all they needed to rekindle the magic was a break from the norm and a different time and separate place to be born, and prosperous, again. —  Kuklas Korner
  • This magic is a very great magic," said Simba piously Kingozi paused The safari," he suggested at last. —  The Leopard Woman
  • This magic is a very great magic, "said Simba piously. —  The Leopard Woman
  • WARNING: This magic is amazing. —  Daily News-Record
 

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  1. Middle English magik, from Old French magique, from Late Latin magica, from Latin magicē, from Greek magikē, from feminine of magikos, of the Magi, magical, from magos, magician, magus; see magus.

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  1. I. n. Formerly also magick, magique; from Middle English magik, magike. from Old French magique = Spanish mágica = Portuguese Italian magica, from Latin magice, Middle Latin also magica (sc. ars, art), from Greek μαγιλή, magic, properly adjective ‘magical’ (sc. τέχνη, art), but orig. ‘of the Magi,’ from Μάγος, plural Μάγοι, the Magi or priests or “wise men “of the Medes and Persians, reputed to be skilled in enchantment: see mage, Magus. II. a. = French magique = Spanish mágico = Portuguese Italian magico, from Latin magicus, from Greek μαγικός, of magic, orig. and properly ‘of the Magi,’ from Μάγος, plural Μάγοι, Magi: see above. Thus, the noun is orig. from the adjective; but in English it precedes it.
 

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