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[kon-jer, kuhn- for 1–5, 8–10, 12; kuhn-joor for 6, 7, 11]

con·jure

[kon-jer, kuhn- for 1–5, 8–10, 12; kuhn-joor for 6, 7, 11] verb, con·jured, con·jur·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to affect or influence by or as if by invocation or spell.
2.
to effect, produce, bring, etc., by or as by magic: to conjure a miracle.
3.
to call upon or command (a devil or spirit) by invocation or spell.
4.
to call or bring into existence by or as if by magic (usually followed by up): She seemed to have conjured up the person she was talking about.
5.
to bring to mind; recall (usually followed by up): to conjure up the past.
EXPAND
6.
to appeal to solemnly or earnestly: I conjure you to hear my plea.
7.
Obsolete. to charge solemnly.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
8.
to call upon or command a devil or spirit by invocation or spell.
9.
to practice magic.
10.
to practice legerdemain.
11.
Obsolete. to conspire.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
noun
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Chiefly Southern U.S. an act or instance of witchcraft or voodoo, especially a spell.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English conjuren < Anglo-French, Old French conjurer < Latin conjūrāre, equivalent to con- con- + jūrāre to swear, derivative of jūs law; compare jury1, justice

un·con·jured, adjective


3. summon, raise, invoke.

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conjure up
 
vb
1.  to present to the mind; evoke or imagine: he conjured up a picture of his childhood
2.  to call up or command (a spirit or devil) by an incantation

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