Illusion: alternatives and connections

The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

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A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

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Same as Phantasm.

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A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substanc…

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Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.

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An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.

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A phantasm.

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That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.

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Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.

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Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the ray…

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See Ignis fatuus.

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The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe wha…

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The act of deceiving or misleading.

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of Dissemble

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The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.

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Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding.

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The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance o…

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The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.

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The act of deceiving or misleading.

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The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.

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The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

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Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

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Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick.

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A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or b…

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See Fantasy, and Fancy.

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Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

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The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.

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An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.

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