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prestidigitate

prestidigitate verb: to perform magic with the hands or using sleight of hand.

Verb

prestidigitate (third-person singular simple present prestidigitates, present participle prestidigitating, simple past and past participle prestidigitated)

  1. (intransitive) To perform magic with the hands or using sleight of hand.
  2. (transitive) To juggle.

Forms of prestidigitate

third-person singular presentprestidigitates
present participleprestidigitating
past participleprestidigitated
pastprestidigitated

Questions about prestidigitate

What does prestidigitate mean?
Prestidigitate means to perform magic with the hands or using sleight of hand.
What part of speech is prestidigitate?
Prestidigitate is a verb.
What is the past tense of prestidigitate?
The past tense of prestidigitate is prestidigitated.

Words near prestidigitate in the dictionary

  1. Prestia
  2. Prestias
  3. Prestidge
  4. Prestidges
  5. prestidigital
  6. prestidigitate
  7. prestidigitated
  8. prestidigitates
  9. prestidigitating
  10. prestidigitation
  11. prestidigitations

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