conjure

  • 11Conjure — Con*jure , v. i. To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism] [1913 Webster] Drew after him the third part of Heaven s sons Conjured against the Highest. Milton. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12Conjure — Con jure, v. i. To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm. [1913 Webster] She conjures; away with her. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13conjure up — I verb call to mind, conceive, create, devise, dream, envisage, envision, evoke, excogitate, fancy, ideate, imagine, invent, invoke, objectify, occur, picture, recall, recollect, remember, summon, summon up, visualize II index conceive… …

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  • 14conjure — CONJURE: Les conjurés ont toujours la manie de s inscrire sur une liste …

    Dictionnaire des idées reçues

  • 15conjure — is pronounced kun jǝ in the meaning ‘to perform magical tricks’ and kǝn jooǝ in the meaning ‘to beseech’ …

    Modern English usage

  • 16conjure up — [v] bring to mind call, contrive, create, evoke, materialize, produce as by magic, recall, recollect, remember, review, summon, urge; concept 38 Ant. forget, ignore, neglect …

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  • 17conjure — [[t]kʌ̱nʤə(r), AM kɑ͟ːn [/t]] conjures, conjuring, conjured 1) VERB If you conjure something out of nothing, you make it appear as if by magic. [V n from/out of n] Thirteen years ago she found herself having to conjure a career from thin air...… …

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  • 18conjure — con|jure [ˈkʌndʒə US ˈka:ndʒər, ˈkʌn ] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: conjurer, from Latin, from com ( COM ) + jurare to swear ] 1.) [I and T] to perform clever tricks in which you seem to make things appear, disappear, or change by… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19conjure up — verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic (Freq. 5) raise the specter of unemployment he conjured wild birds in the air call down the spirits from the mountain • Syn: ↑raise, ↑conjure, ↑invoke, ↑ …

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  • 20conjure up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you conjure up a memory, picture, or idea, you create it in your mind. [V P n (not pron)] When he closed his eyes, he could conjure up in exact colour almost every event of his life... [V P n (not pron)] When we think of… …

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