magic
any art that invokes supernatural powers
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,293 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,602 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any art that invokes supernatural powers also: thaumaturgy
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers also: magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy
adjective
- possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers also: charming, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard, wizardly charming incantationsmagic signs that protect against adverse influence
magic in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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A small kindliness seems often to be watered and fertilized by magic.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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I saw the magic letters U.A.C.P. upon it, and tore it open.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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Bear a lily in thy hand; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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He destroyed many of his magic powders and tools of magic, and afterward honestly obeyed the law.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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Circé appears as a Yackshini, and is conquered when an adventurer seizes her flute whose magic music turns men into beasts.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1