(a.) 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.
(a.) Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence: 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Opposition to legal abortion takes magical thinking and a lack of logic | Jessica Valenti Read more The only female Republican candidate for the White House has doubled down on her restrictive position over reproductive rights since a successful debate performance .
(2) I'm just saying, in your … Instagrams, you don't have to have yourself with, walking with black people.” The male voice singles out Magic Johnson, the retired basketball star and investor: "Don't put him on an Instagram for the world to have to see so they have to call me.
(3) The most important characteristics of various interfaces, such as direct liquid introduction, Magic, continuous flow fast atom bombardment and thermospray, are discussed.
(4) Fantastic Beasts, which is set 70 years prior to the arrival of Potter and his pals at the magical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, will feature the swashbuckling adventurer Newt Scamander.
(5) Here was a bit of magic to light up any semi-final and it had Roberto Martínez punching the air.
(6) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
(7) That does not translate magically into a conflict of interest whereby the interests of these lawyers is suddenly contrary to those of the defendants,” Ryan argued to Pohl.
(8) But among the football-faith community the legendary Anfield Road stadium is not considered a sacred site for nothing, and on this memorable night everyone felt what mighty magic can be summoned here.” Describing the match as “a classic in the illustrious history of these two clubs for years to come”, the commentator Daniel Theweleit also believed that the atmosphere at Anfield put Dortmund’s own famed fan culture into the shade: “Even those who have watched the club for centuries agreed that Dortmund has never achieved this kind of intensity.” Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung found satisfaction in seeing the German coach Jürgen Klopp exporting his magic touch across the Channel.
(9) Correlations with an immunoradiometric assay (Embria), using 522 samples, gave: Stratus = 0.999 (Embria) -3.3; r = 0.969, and Magic Lite = 1.225 (Embria) -3.03; r = 0.971.
(10) Gomez has appeared in 106 episodes of Wizards of Waverly Place (a show about magically gifted kids which aired on Disney) and released three albums with her band the Scene .
(11) The song also features Tatum's Magic Mike co-star Olivia Munn and Precious actress Gabourey Sidibe – plus a cameo role for Miley Cyrus who gets trapped under a vending machine.
(12) There was more magic on ITV at 9.10pm with The Illusionists, but it was unable to pull an overnights rabbit out of the hat, with just under 2 million viewers, an 8.5% share.
(13) Pilot studies indicated that protection of the 2'-OH of ribonucleosides with the acid-labile tetrahydropyranyl group, instead of the more labile 4-methoxytetrahydropyran-4-yl group, was most satisfactory for the preparation of the Magic Spot II.
(14) There’s little else on the horizon.” There has been a resurgence of medical interest in LSD and psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, after several recent trials produced encouraging results for conditions ranging from depression in cancer patients to post-traumatic stress disorder.
(15) Everything was quiet, and there was the jacket on the stand – finished, perfect.” As the business grew, McQueen moved to Amwell Street where the studio was “like a magic porridge pot of creativity”, said Witton-Wallace.
(16) Diamé has produced that bit of magic and I am pleased for him because it has been tough for him with a serious knee injury,” said Bruce of the match-winner.
(17) I can't pull an invisibility cloak over my house – nor would I wish to," she said, a little wistfully, as if she really wished she had Harry Potter's magic powers.
(18) Players react on social media The most famous names in basketball shared similar reactions on Twitter: Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) Former and current NBA players are very happy and satisfied with Commissioner Silver's ruling.
(19) Photograph: Richard Saker In the meantime it is being left to dedicated people such as Carmel McConnell and Magic Breakfast, to big brands, to teaching assistants and staff across the country who are prepared to get up early enough to make sure that all of Britain's children have had enough to eat in the morning to prepare them for school.
(20) There is serious fun to be had browsing its huge bottled beer menu, which runs the gamut of new wave UK breweries, including Kernel, Wild Beer, Hardknott, Camden, and their US inspirations, such as Left Hand and Magic Hat.
Spell
Definition:
(n.) A spelk, or splinter.
(v. t.) To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.
(n.) The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead.
(n.) The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks.
(n.) One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.
(n.) A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell.
(n.) A story; a tale.
(n.) A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.
(v. t.) To tell; to relate; to teach.
(v. t.) To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
(v. t.) To constitute; to measure.
(v. t.) To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
(v. t.) To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
(v. i.) To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.
(v. i.) To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study.
Example Sentences:
(1) We outline a protocol for presenting the diagnosis of pseudoseizure with the goal of conveying to the patient the importance of knowing the nonepileptic nature of the spells and the need for psychiatric follow-up.
(2) The government did not spell out the need for private holders of bank debt to take any losses – known as haircuts – under its plans but many analysts believe that this position is untenable.
(3) The tasks which appeared to present the most difficulties for the patients were written spelling, pragmatic processing tasks like sentence disambiguation and proverb interpretation.
(4) John Carver witnessed signs of much-needed improvement from the visitors in a purposeful spell either side of the interval but it was not enough to prevent a fifth successive Premier League defeat.
(5) The lesson, spelled out by Oak Creek's mayor, Steve Saffidi, was that it shouldn't have taken a tragedy for Sikhs, or anyone else, to find acceptance.
(6) Likud warned: “Peres will divide Jerusalem.” Arab states feared that his dream of a borderless Middle East spelled Israeli economic colonialism by stealth.
(7) This could spell disaster for small farmers, says Million Belay, co-ordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa.
(8) In addition to expected differences in spelling and reading, probands obtained significantly (P less than or equal to .01) lower scores than controls on tests of other cognitive abilities.
(9) Despite fulfilling a boyhood wish to play for Milan when he returned to Italy, the striker admitted he erred in taking his career back to Serie A, having had a controversial spell at Internazionale before City recruited him for £17.5m in August 2010.
(10) Yesterday, John McDonnell spelled out the new Labour leadership’s public investment-driven economic alternative to austerity.
(11) Recognition memory was assessed by asking subjects to indicate which words from a longer list were presented during the spelling test.
(12) It was a spell in which the Dutch were in the ascendancy.
(13) When I wrote this week's public manager column pointing out that there are still too few women in senior public sector leadership roles, it didn't occur to me that I would have to spell out the reasons why it might be a good idea to have a few more women in top positions.
(14) Sigurdsson joined Reading as a youngster in 2005, and had loan spells at Crewe and Shrewsbury before breaking into the first team.
(15) Slow speech development occurred frequently in developmental and acquired spelling dysgraphic children.
(16) True, that comment was made early in Guardiola’s spell as Bayern manager and perhaps it was just a way of endearing himself to his new captain, but there is no doubt the former Barcelona manager adores Lahm.
(17) Since ALS occurs mostly in older age groups, this brings up the possibility that aging changes in the brain could play a causative role in the origin of such spells.
(18) A long spell of ultra-low interest rates has not driven a rise in inequality in the UK, the deputy governor of the Bank of England has said, rebuffing criticism that central bank policy had hurt some households.
(19) 3.05pm BST The Russian foreign ministry has again spelled out Sergei Lavrov's objections to threatening Syria with force if it doesn't comply with the chemical weapons agreement.
(20) However, when spelling ability was investigated, a heritability of 0.53 was obtained, increasing to 0.75 when intelligence was controlled.