About The Word Conjure
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Conjure
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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 \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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