the use of charms, spells, or other means believed to have supernatural power
Poor Kit was looking earnestly out of the window, observant of nothing, – when all at once, as though it had been conjured up by magic, he became aware of the face of Quilp — Dickens
the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand
an extraordinary power or influence producing surprising results and defying explanation
something that seems to cast a spell
the magic of the voice
[Middle English magik via French and Latin from Greek magikē, fem of magikos Magian, magical, from magos magus, sorcerer]