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Conjure
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- 1 The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration. uncountable
- 1 To perform magic tricks. intransitive
"He started conjuring at the age of 15, and is now a famous stage magician."
- 2 engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together wordnet
- 3 To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power. transitive
- 4 ask for or request earnestly wordnet
- 5 To practice black magic. archaic, intransitive
""Thou great Norman lump!" he muttered. "If I conjure till Doomsday, I cannot make thee gold.""
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- 6 summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic wordnet
- 7 To enchant or bewitch. archaic, transitive
- 8 To evoke. transitive
- 9 To imagine or picture in the mind. transitive
"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 window;..."
- 10 To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech. archaic, transitive
"I conjure you, let him know, / Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it."
- 11 To conspire or plot. intransitive, obsolete
"Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons / Conjured against the Highest."
Etymology
From Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coniūrō (“I swear together; conspire”), from con- (“with, together”) + iūro (“I swear or take an oath”).
From Middle English conjuren, from Old French conjurer, from Latin coniūrō (“I swear together; conspire”), from con- (“with, together”) + iūro (“I swear or take an oath”).
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