HOCUS


Meaning of HOCUS in English

v.tr. (hocussed, hocussing; US hocused, hocusing)

1. take in; hoax.

2 stupefy (a person) with drugs.

3 drug (liquor).

Etymology: obs. noun hocus HOCUS-POCUS

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.