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English Dictionary: conjure	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for conjure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conjure v summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" Synonym(s): raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" Synonym(s): bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" Synonym(s): conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conjure \Conjure"\ (k[ocr]nj[umac]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conjured} (-j[umac]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conjure \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conjure \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.