English▸ noun [mass noun] the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces:
suddenly, as if by magic, the doors start to open.
▪ mysterious tricks, such as making things disappear and reappear, performed as entertainment:
[as modifier] his parents bought him a magic set for Christmas.
▪ a quality of being beautiful and delightful in a way that seems remote from daily life:
the magic of the theatre.
▪ informal exceptional skill or talent:
he's been working his magic on New Zealand movies for the past two decades.
▸ adjective
1 having or apparently having supernatural powers:
a magic wand.
▪ [attributive] very effective in producing the desired results:
confidence is the magic ingredient needed to spark recovery.
▸ verb
( magics, magicking, magicked)
[with object and adverbial] move, change, or create by or as if by magic: he must have been magicked out of the car at the precise second it exploded.
– ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French magique, from Latin magicus (adjective), late Latin magica (noun), from Greek magikē (tekhnē) ‘(art of) a magus’: magi were regarded as magicians.