Found 2 items, similar to Conjure.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: conjure
conjure
v 1: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic;
“raise the
specter of unemployment”;
“he conjured wild birds in the
air”;
“stir a disturbance”;
“call down the spirits from
the mountain” [syn:
raise,
conjure up,
invoke,
evoke,
stir,
call down,
arouse,
bring up,
put forward,
call forth]
2: ask for or request earnestly;
“The prophet bid all people to
become good persons” [syn:
bid,
beseech,
entreat,
adjure,
press]
3: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
together;
“They conspired to overthrow the government”
[syn:
conspire,
cabal,
complot,
machinate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Conjure
Conjure
\Con*jure"\ (k[o^]n*j[=u]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Conjured (-j[=u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Conjuring.] [F.
conjurer, fr. L. conjurare to swear together, to conspire;
con- + jurare to swear. See
Jury.]
To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to
implore earnestly; to adjure.
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I conjure you, let him know,
Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. --Addison.
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Conjure
\Con*jure"\, v. i.
To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate.
[A Latinism]
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Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons
Conjured against the Highest. --Milton.
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Conjure
\Con"jure\, v. t.
To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send
away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by
the aid of supernatural powers.
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The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the
devil into. --Shak.
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To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts;
hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up
alarms.
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Conjure
\Con"jure\, v. i.
To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to
juggle; to charm.
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She conjures; away with her. --Shak.
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