to deceive by juggling tricks

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• juggling — n. tossing and catching several objects at the same time; act of juggling; using tricks for a dishonest purpose; act of reorganizing things in order to give a deceptive impression jug·gle || dÊ’ÊŒgl n. act of juggling; magic trick; sleight of… …   English contemporary dictionary

• Prestigiation — Pres*tig i*a tion, n. [L. praestigiare to deceive by juggling tricks, fr. praestigae. See {Prestige}.] Legerdemain; prestidigitation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pres|tig|i|a|tion — «prehs TIHJ ee AY shuhn», noun. = prestidigitation. (Cf. ↑prestidigitation) ╂[< Latin praestigiāre to deceive with juggling tricks] …   Useful english dictionary

• Imposters —     Impostors     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Impostors     Under this heading we may notice a certain number of objectionable characters who, while not of sufficient importance to claim separate treatment, have at various epochs so far achieved… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Deception — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deception >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deception deception Sgm: N 1 falseness falseness &c. 544 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm: N 1 imposition imposition imposture Sgm: N 1 fraud …   English dictionary for students

• jug|gle — «JUHG uhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.i. 1. to do tricks that require skill of hand or eye: »He juggled with knives by balancing them on his nose. 2. Figurative. to play tricks; use trickery: »It sidesteps burning issues in order to juggle with …   Useful english dictionary

• deception — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Misrepresentation Nouns 1. (act of deceiving) deception, deceptiveness; falseness, falsehood, untruth; imposition, imposture, misinformation, disinformation; fraud, fraudulence, deceit, deceitfulness,… …   English dictionary for students

• juggle — [jug′əl] vt. juggled, juggling [ME jogelen < OFr jogler, to juggle, play false < ML jogulari, to play, entertain < L joculari, to joke < joculus, dim. of jocus,JOKE] 1. to perform skillful tricks of sleight of hand with (balls, knives …   English World dictionary

• clown — clownish, adj. clownishly, adv. clownishness, n. /klown/, n. 1. a comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and entertains by pantomiming common situations or actions in… …   Universalium

• Bibliography —    As the scope of the dictionary entries and extent of this bibliography make clear, there is a huge range of literature on shamans, from introductory works, general discussions on such topics as definition, and culture specific ethnographic… …   Historical dictionary of shamanism