Meanings
- not comparableobsoleteObsolete form of magic.
plural magiques
- countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of magic.
But by what magique I, that here have ſtood / Four hunderd yeares (thou know’ſt how truly ſpoke), / Can now remove, think’ſt thou?
1653, William Basse, “The Metamorphosis of the Wallnut-tree of Borestall. In an Eglogue and 3 Cantos, betweene Jasper and Jefferye.”, in J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, The Pastorals and Other Workes of William Basse. […] (Miscellaneous Tracts, Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London: s.n.], published 1870, →OCLC, canto 2, stanza 19, page 1221 more example
That (after the receit of his money) he ſhall neither in his owne perſon, nor any other, either by direct or indirect meanes; as Magique, Witchcraft, or other ſuch Exoticke Artes, attempt, practiſe, or complot any thing, to the prejudice of Mee, my Dogge, or my Cat: […]
1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii, signature [L iiij], recto
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