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con⋅jure

[kon-jer, kuhn- for 1–5, 8–10, 12; kuhn-joor for 6, 7, 11] verb, -jured, -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 fol. by up): She seemed to have conjured up the person she was talking about.
5. to bring to mind; recall (usually fol. by up): to conjure up the past.
6. to appeal to solemnly or earnestly: I conjure you to hear my plea.
7. Obsolete. to charge solemnly.
–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.
–noun
12. Chiefly Southern U.S. an act or instance of witchcraft or voodoo, esp. a spell.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME conjuren < AF, OF conjurer < L conjūrāre, equiv. to con- con- + jūrāre to swear, deriv. of jūs law; cf. jury 1 , justice


3. summon, raise, invoke.
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Word Origin & History

conjure 
c.1280, from O.Fr. conjurer, from L. conjurare "to swear together, conspire," from com- "together" + jurare "to swear." Magical sense is c.1300, for "constraining by spell" a demon to do one's bidding.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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