资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Magic \Mag"ic\, n. [OE. magique, L. magice, Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr.
   ?. See {Magic}, a., and {Magi}.]
   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.

   {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}, or {Geotic}, {magic}, the invocation of
      devils or demons, involving the supposition of some tacit
      or express agreement between them and human beings.

   Syn: Sorcery; witchcraft; necromancy; conjuration;
        enchantment.