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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.
EXPANDto bring to mind; recall (usually followed by up): to conjure up the past.
6.
to appeal to solemnly or earnestly: I conjure you to hear my plea.
7.
COLLAPSEObsolete. 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.
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Conjuring
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noun
12.
Chiefly Southern U.S. an act or instance of witchcraft or voodoo, especially a spell.
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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.
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