conjure
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conjure
- /ˈkʌn.d͡ʒə/ UK
- /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə/ UK
- /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒɚ/ Atlantic Canada, US
- /ˈkʌn.d͡ʒɚ/ Atlantic Canada, US, obsolete
- /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒɚ/ Canada, dialectal
- /kənˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/ UK
- /kənˈd͡ʒʊɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ʌndʒə(ɹ), -ɒndʒə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coniūrō (“to swear together; conspire”), from con- (“with, together”) + iūro (“to swear or take an oath”).
verb conjures · conjuring · conjured
- To perform magic tricks. He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician.
- To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power. We all technically have the ability to conjure, just like Caine. It just comes naturally to him, but requires a lot more skill and concentration for us.
- To practice black magic. "Thou great Norman lump!" he muttered. "If I conjure till Doomsday, I cannot make thee gold."
- To enchant or bewitch.
- To evoke.
- To imagine or picture in the mind. There was a deep silence, while Helen's vivid fancy conjured up the scene. She knew the small neat room—she had been with Mrs. Palmer to see it; the cheerful garden filled with flowers, the hum of the distant play-ground, the rosy clusters of an acacia-tree, whose branches almost came in at the wind
- To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech. I conjure you, let him know, / Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it.
- To conspire or plot. Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons / Conjured against the Highest.
noun
- The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.
