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sorcerous, a.|ˈsɔːsərəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
1. Of the nature of, pertaining to or connected with, sorcery.
1546Bale Eng. Votaries i. 24 He wolde in no wyse commen with them..least they shuld after any sorcerous sort bywytche hym. 1577Harrison England ii. ix. (1877) 178 By sundrie sorcerous and artificiall practises whereby the working of the said elements were restreined. 1605Chapman Byron's Trag. iv. ii, O that in mine Eyes Were all the Sorcerous poyson of my woes. 1646Gaule Cases Cons. 41 Lord! how many are the sorcerous superstitions of the Many? 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 277 Lest an Evil Tongue should have a Sorcerous effect. 1835J. Harris Gt. Teacher (1837) 284 In the face of this sorcerous and powerful delusion. 1880Swinburne Birthday Ode 207 From fairy-footed fields..And sorcerous woods of Rhineland.
2. Dealing in or exercising sorcery.
1550Bale Eng. Votaries ii. 11 Theophylactus..whych after .xv. yeares solde the Papacy to Johan Gracyan hys sorcerouse companyon. 1633D. R[ogers] Treatise of Sacr. i. 123 Which words..our Saviour did not (as a Sorcerous Priest) murmour over the Bread and Wine.
Hence ˈsorcerously adv., in a sorcerous manner, by means of sorcery.
1646Gaule Cases of Consc. 128 What Act or Instrument of Man..that..may not be sorcerously abused? 1652― Magastrom. 193 Divination is temptingly and sorcerously sought for. |