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Conjure

Conjure Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Conjure? [v] engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [v] ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [v] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Conjure: adjure \| arouse \| beseech \| bid \| bring up \| cabal \| call down \| call forth \| complot \| conjure up \| conspire \| entreat \| evoke \| invoke \| machinate \| press \| put forward \| raise \| stir Related Terms \| Find terms related to Conjure: adjure \| appeal \| appeal to \| bamboozle \| beg \| beguile \| beseech \| betray \| bid come \| bluff \| brace \| cajole \| call \| call away \| call back \| call for \| call for help \| call forth \| call in \| call on \| call out \| call together \| call up \| call up spirits \| call upon \| cheat on \| circumvent \| cite \| clamor for \| conjure up \| conjure up spirits \| convene \| convoke \| crave \| cry for \| cry on \| cry to \| deceive \| delude \| demand \| diddle \| double-cross \| dupe \| entreat \| evoke \| forestall \| gammon \| get around \| gull \| hoax \| hocus-pocus \| hornswaggle \| humbug \| impetrate \| implore \| importune \| imprecate \| indent \| invoke \| juggle \| kneel to \| let down \| mock \| muster \| muster up \| obtest \| order up \| outmaneuver \| outreach \| outsmart \| outwit \| overreach \| page \| pigeon \| play one false \| plead \| plead for \| pray \| preconize \| put something over \| raise \| raise ghosts \| recall \| requisition \| run to \| send after \| send for \| serve \| snow \| string along \| subpoena \| summon \| summon forth \| summon spirits \| summon up \| summons \| supplicate \| take in \| trick \| two-time See Also \| coconspire \| create \| make \| plead \| plot Conjure In Webster's Dictionary \Conjure"\ (k[o^]nj[=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. I conjure you, let him know, Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. --Addison. \Con*jure"\, v. i. To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism] Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. --Milton. \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. The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into. --Shak. {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. \Con"jure\, v. i. To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm. She conjures; away with her. --Shak.

Conjure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Conjure?

[v] engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
[v] ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
[v] 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"

Conjure In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

      I conjure you, let him know, Whate'er was done against
      him, Cato did it.                        --Addison.


\Con*jure"\, v. i.
To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate.
[A Latinism]

      Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured
      against the Highest.                     --Milton.


\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.

      The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the
      devil into.                              --Shak.

{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.


\Con"jure\, v. i.
To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to
juggle; to charm.

      She conjures; away with her.             --Shak.

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