Magic

n.	1.	A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc. An appearance made by some magic. - Chaucer.
	2.	The art of creating illusions which appear to the observer to be inexplicable except by some supernatural influence; it includes simple sleight of hand (legerdemain) as well as more elaborate stage magic, using special devices constructed to produce mystifying effects; as, the magic of David Copperfield. It is practised as an entertainment, by magicians who do not pretend to have supernatural powers. Celestial magic a supposed supernatural power which gave to spirits a kind of dominion over the planets, and to the planets an influence over men. Natural magic the art of employing the powers of nature to produce effects apparently supernatural. Superstitious magic the invocation of devils or demons, involving the supposition of some tacit or express agreement between them and human beings.
a.	1.	Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency.
	2.	Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery; as, a magical spell. The painter's magic skill. - Cowper. Magic circle a series of concentric circles containing the numbers 12 to 75 in eight radii, and having somewhat similar properties to the magic square. Magic humming bird (Zool.) a Mexican humming bird (Iache magica) , having white downy thing tufts. Magic lantern See Lantern. Magic square numbers so disposed in parallel and equal rows in the form of a square, that each row, taken vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, shall give the same sum, the same product, or an harmonical series, according as the numbers taken are in arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonical progression. Magic wand a wand used by a magician in performing feats of magic.

Noun	1.	magic - any art that invokes supernatural powers
	2.	magic - an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers Synonyms: conjuring trick, legerdemain, magic trick, deception, conjuration, illusion, trick
Adj.	1.	magic - possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers" Synonyms: magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard, wizardly, charming

1.		MAGIC - An early system on the Midac computer. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
2.		magic - As yet unexplained, or too complicated to explain; compare automagically and (Arthur C.) Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. "TTY echoing is controlled by a large number of magic bits." "This routine magically computes the parity of an 8-bit byte in three instructions."
3.		magic - Characteristic of something that works although no one really understands why (this is especially called black magic).
4.		magic - (Stanford) A feature not generally publicised that allows something otherwise impossible or a feature formerly in that category but now unveiled. Compare wizardly, deep magic, heavy wizardry. For more about hackish "magic" see Magic Switch Story.
5.		magic - magic number.

To dream that you are performing magic, signifies many pleasant surprises. It may also represent a creative mind and that events will turn out the way you had hoped for. To see others performing magic in your dream, denotes profitable endeavours. To dream of black magic, represents that you have obtained your wishes and wants through underhanded tricks. It also symbolizes evil and treachery.Prospero, abracadabra, airiness, alchemy, allure, allurement, appearance, augury, aura, bewitching, bewitchment, black magic, blaze of glory, brilliance, brilliancy, charisma, charming, delusiveness, demonolatry, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, diabolism, divination, divining, enchanting, ensorcellment, entrancing, envelope, exorcism, extraordinary, fallaciousness, false appearance, false light, false show, falseness, fascinating, fascination, fetishism, glamor, glamour, glory, gramarye, halo, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, hypnotic, idealization, illusion, illusionism, illusionist, illusiveness, illustriousness, immateriality, incantation, juju, jujuism, luster, magian, magic act, magic show, magical, magician, magnetic, magnetism, marvelous, mesmerizing, miraculous, mumbo-jumbo, mystic, mystique, natural magic, necromantic, nimbus, numinousness, obeah, occult, occultism, prestidigitation, prodigious, radiance, remarkable, resplendence, resplendency, rune, satanism, seeming, semblance, shamanism, shamanistic, show, simulacrum, sleight of hand, soothsaying, sorcerer, sorcerous, sortilege, specious appearance, spell, spellbinding, spellcasting, splendor, stupendous, sympathetic magic, thaumaturgia, thaumaturgics, thaumaturgism, thaumaturgy, theurgy, trickery, unactuality, unbelievable, unprecedented, unreality, unsubstantiality, vampirism, voodoo, voodooism, wanga, white magic, witchcraft, witchery, witching, witchwork, witchy, wizardly

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