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Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate. Jer. Taylor.

orce, any space through which magnet exerts its influence. -- Magnetic fluid, the hypothetical fluid whose existence was formerly assumed in the explanations of the phenomena of magnetism. -- Magnetic iron, or Magnetic iron ore. (Min.) Same as Magnetite. -- Magnetic needle, a slender bar of steel, magnetized and sus…

By or as by, magnetism.

Quality of being magnetic.

Serving to assist childbirth. Cudworth.

Majestic. Cowley. An older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical. M. Arnold. -- Ma*jes"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ma*jes"tic*al*ness, n.

Containing, or having the nature of, marcasite.

Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors. Masoretic points and accents, the vowel points and accents of the Hebrew text of the Bible, of which the first mention is in the Masora.

Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the nature of materialism. But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics. C. Kingsley.

Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness. -- Math`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions.

Metaleptic. -- Met`a*lep"tic*al*ly, adv.

Close, or literal.

Of or pertaining to metathesis.

Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the Methodists. -- Meth`o*dis"tic*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. Bp. Hall.

Containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma; as, miasmatic diseases.

Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.

Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.

In a monastic manner.