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PRESTIDIGITATION (from Lat. praesto, ...

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 307 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PRESTIDIGITATION (from See also:Lat. praesto, ready, and digitus, See also:finger) , the See also:art of See also:conjuring by nimble-fingered dexterity, particularly as opposed to the use of See also:mechanical devices (see CONJURING). The Latin praestigium, illusion, praestigiae tricks, and praestigiator, See also:juggler (from prae, before, and stingere, to prick), See also:cover the same meaning though differently derived.

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