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Webster 1913 Edition
Magical
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
spellHence:
Seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very extraordinary; having extraordinary properties;
as, a
magic
lantern; a magic
square or circle.The painter’s
magic
skill. Cowper.
☞ Although with certain words magic is used more than magical, – as, magic circle, magic square, magic wand, – we may in general say magic or magical; as, a magic or magical effect; a magic or magical influence, etc. But when the adjective is predicative, magical, and not magic, is used; as, the effect was magical.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Magical
MAG'ICAL
,Adj.
1.
Performed by magic, the agency of spirits, or by the invisible powers of nature; as magical effects.Definition 2024
magical
magical
English
Alternative forms
- magicall (obsolete)
Adjective
magical (comparative more magical, superlative most magical)
- Of or relating to magic.
- Enchanting.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess:
- He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
- The fireworks created a magical atmosphere in that beautiful summer night.
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Translations
relating to magic
enchanting
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