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

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